Canada’s new Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner Sarah-Eve Pelletier looks to ‘harmonize rules around maltreatment in sport’
Sports are rife with stories of coaches facing allegations of maltreatment from a club or provincial organization, who, under the cover of jurisdictional borders, move to another club, province or even another sport, and no-one is the wiser.
“Our country is in dire need of harmonized rules around maltreatment in sport and how to address it,” Pelletier said Monday. “The Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent and Address Maltreatment in Sport, the UCCMS, provides a strong foundation at the national level, but the current inconsistency of rules and their application at different levels of sports participation remains an important gap to be addressed.
“This needs to happen as quickly as possible. I think we’re facing an urgent matter,” St-Onge said. “We’re hearing these stories of abuse and maltreatment at all levels. It shouldn’t be a jurisdictional issue. All athletes should know where to turn to when they’re facing these situations.
Quebec is the only province to have a provincial-reporting mechanism, Sport’Aide, formed in 2014 to address the growing issue of violence in sport there. “In terms of our powers, we can impose sanctions against individuals who have permitted violations. We have the power to compel participation by those who have signed on to our processes. And we also have the mandate to maintain a registry of sanctions.”
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