Quebec, Manitoba and Alberta minor hockey leagues weigh options after Granby board suspends payments to Hockey Canada
The Granby Minor Hockey Association’s board has voted unanimously to suspend its payments in response to Hockey Canada’s management of allegations of sexual misconduct by players that included members of the 2018 world junior team.
Daryl Fowler, the president of Hockey Winnipeg, told The Globe on Thursday that concerned parents have been calling and want to know how the money they paid to Hockey Canada was used by the organization. Hockey Manitoba’s officials plan to meet in the second week of August so Hockey Winnipeg is anxious to see what direction it will take.
Hockey Canada representatives testified last month that they reported the allegations to their principal contact within Sport Canada on June 26, 2018. And while several officials within the federal branch were also told of the complaint at the time, the matter was not escalated to the attention of then-minister Kirsty Duncan. The government didn’t follow up with Hockey Canada for four years.
“The NDP is asking for these three Liberal ministers to come before the committee and explain why it seems that this important government directive about incidents of sexual assault wasn’t followed,” Mr. Julian, the party’s heritage critic, said in a statement Thursday evening.said she was not informed of the alleged 2018 assault.
Mr. Pysyk said his board has not met during the summer but he anticipates that Hockey Canada will be increasingly discussed at minor-hockey associations as practices and play resume.
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