More Hockey Canada officials are appearing before a parliamentary committee this week as fallout continues over allegations that players from two World Junior Championship teams committed group sexual assaults in 2003 and 2018.
The House of Commons heritage committee has called for two days of meetings as it tries to unravel what happened when the organization learned of an alleged group sexual assault following a gala in 2018 involving eight unidentified players.
MPs will also hear from a partner at the law firm that conducted Hockey Canada's investigation into the 2018 allegations, CHL President Dan McKenzie and Hockey Canada's former vice-president of insurance and risk management, Glen McCurdie.The committee will also hear from the president and CEO of insurance firm BFL Canada and the commissioners of the QMJHL, WHL and OHL.
It includes the implementation of a centralized tracking and reporting system for abuse complaints, to be in place by September. It said the results will be published annually to "hold Hockey Canada accountable."In May, it was revealed that the sport's national governing body was told about an alleged assault in 2018 the morning after a gala in London, Ont., attended by players on the gold-medal winning world junior team.
Smith told the committee Hockey Canada reported three sexual assault complaints in recent years, but wouldn't discuss the other two in front of the committee. He added there have been up to two complaints of sexual misconduct each of the last five or six years.
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