Laura Robinson never thought she\u0027d see the day when the walls would start to crumble at the institutional level of hockey in Canada.
Hockey Canada, however, had seemingly put the wheels in motion to ensure the incident — and lawsuit — went unnoticed from as early as the day following the alleged assault, when the board was first made aware. And it would remain unnoticed, until it was reported on by senior reporter Rick Westhead at TSN. While Hockey Canada reported the allegations to Sport Canada, it did not inform the public and the alleged victim was required to sign a non-disclosure agreement as part of the settlement.
“A female journalist breaking all of this — an entire book in ’98 — I could be ignored, and so could all the voices of all the young women, but they couldn’t ignore a well-respected male journalist from TSN,” Robinson explained.
“They’ve been doing it for decades. The people in power in junior hockey have been cleaning up after junior players for decades,” she said. Called onto the carpet by the federal government, a number of Hockey Canada execs appeared at the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage last month. During the hearings, several Members of Parliament called on the brass at Hockey Canada to resign. So far, only chairman of the board Michael Brind’Amour has done so. He was replaced on Tuesday by interim chair, Markham, Ont., native, Andrea Skinner. In a statement, Skinner said, “As a Board we are listening to Canadians.
Hockey Canada announced a new “Action Plan” on July 25, which it claims will “address toxic behaviours” on and off the ice. Last week, members of Team Canada at the world junior training camp in Alberta participated in two seminars as part of the new action plan, but Robinson believes a couple workshops are not enough to effect change.tap here to see other videos from our team“Of course not. Who gets all the ice time at that arena? Who are the gods in all the CHL towns? They’re those guys.
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