Hockey Canada seems more concerned with how they’re portrayed in the public than about fixing the issues within the sport’s culture.
On Tuesday, interim board chair Andrea Skinner told a parliamentary committee that there is a toxic culture and culture of silence at Hockey Canada but then added it also exists in many parts of society.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails.
Skinner says the fund was misrepresented by the media. While the media can be an easy scapegoat, the fact of the matter is that thewas reporting on court documents, not hearsay or anonymous sources, which are perhaps easier to dispute than cold, hard files. There has been too much effort to control the narrative and not fix the problems. In fact, that was discussed at the parliamentary committee on Tuesday. Hockey Canada execs say that settlement payments must be viewed in a positive manner, not a negative manner.
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