When the federal government froze Hockey Canada's funding over its handling of an alleged sexual assault by members of the 2018 world junior men's team, Canada's women worried about the financial fallout for their team.
Blayre Turnbull, shown in this file photo, is one of the members of the Canadian women's national team concerned that her team would be greatly impacted if the freezing of funds continues.
"A lot of our money comes from the government and comes from other organizations like that. Our program would be greatly impacted if the freezing of funds continues to happen." Canada's women will attempt to defend the world title won a year ago in Calgary where they edged the U.S. in overtime in the final.Their Denmark preparation isn't curtailed, but the financial future of the women's program seems murky to the players under the current sanctions.
St-Onge suspended Hockey Canada's funding after TSN's Rick Westhead reported the organization reached a financial settlement with a woman alleging members of the 2018 men's world junior team sexually assaulted her at a Hockey Canada event. Hockey Canada has taken steps to meet those terms, but St-Onge told members of Parliament last week the money won't start flowing again "until we're satisfied the conditions have been met.""I think it's really important that these issues are being talked about, that we're going to get down to the bottom of it," women's forward Brianne Jenner said. "That's the hope and I think all Canadians want to see that.
As full-time, high-performance athletes, the women and para hockey athletes receive monthly Sport Canada cheques from the Athletes Assistance Program of about $1,800 per month.Hockey Canada paid out $8.9 million in sexual abuse settlements since 1989
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