Hockey Canada at committee: MPs push for answers amid sexual assault allegations
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"Hockey Canada has an opportunity to be fully transparent and fully accountable," said NDP MP Peter Julian told Global News. "This is really their last chance."
Two high-profile allegations of group sexual assault have rocked the world of Canadian hockey — and now, Parliamentarians have the opportunity to push Hockey Canada figureheads for answers.
The House of Commons heritage committee is meeting on Tuesday at 10 a.m. ET and Wednesday at 11 a.m. ET this week. Global News will carry both meetings live.
On Tuesday, members of Parliament will have the chance to grill Sport Minister Pascale St-Onge about the high-profile sexual assault allegations.
Then, on Wednesday, the committee will question leadership from Hockey Canada, the Canadian Hockey League, the Ontario Hockey League, the Western Hockey League and the Ligue de Hockey Junior Majeur du Québec.
“There needs to be a real reckoning with the kind of behaviour that we saw from that organization and the willful blindness to something that other organizations have been faced with, struggled with, but made good decisions around, as opposed to what Hockey Canada has been doing,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, speaking to reporters on Thursday.
How did we get here and what is the committee hoping to achieve? Here’s what you need to know.
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