A Canadian Olympic champion says she was asked to sit on a Hockey Canada oversight committee — but the offer was withdrawn after she lobbied for leadership change in response to the sexual abuse scandal that has rocked the organization in recent months.
·Marnie McBean, a three-time Olympic gold medalist in rowing, speaks after being named the Olympic chef de mission for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games in July 2019.Rower and three-time Olympic gold medallist Marnie McBean said she was approached by the high-profile PR firm Navigator earlier this month.
McBean said she was asked to be a member of a special committee of independent experts tasked with monitoring and providing guidance on Hockey Canada's previously-announced plan to eliminate "toxic" behaviour in the sport.McBean told CBC News on Friday that she made it clear to the firm she would consider joining the committee if there was a shakeup of top Hockey Canada officials.
"I felt when Navigator removed the offer, because they knew my threshold for accepting would not be met by Hockey Canada, that they were also disappointed; they had been anticipating otherwise," McBean said in an email to CBC News.
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