Hockey Canada has regained its national funding from Ottawa
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The Canadian government has restored funding to Hockey Canada. Hockey Canada made the announcement Sunday, adding Canadian sport minister Pascale St-Onge made it official, before the Canada-United States gold medal game at the world women's hockey championship.
The Canadian government has restored funding to Hockey Canada.
Hockey Canada made the announcement Sunday -- and Canadian sport minister Pascale St-Onge made it official -- before the Canada-United States gold-medal game at the world women's hockey championship.
"When we suspended the funding for Hockey Canada, it was never a matter of doing it forever. It was so that the proper change was implemented in the organization," St-Onge told reporters at the CAA Centre. "I set three conditions for them, they've met those three conditions and now we're reinstating that funding, but it's not a blank cheque.
"We're going to ask them to report the situation constantly with Sport Canada. We want to make sure that they keep on going in the right direction and implementing all recommendations from all two reports that were produced in the past few months and we want to make sure that their action plan is actually moving forward."
Hockey Canada saw its funding shut off by the federal government, while a number of sponsors have pulled dollars since May, when it was revealed a woman alleged she was sexually assaulted by eight players -- including members of the 2018 world junior team -- following a foundation gala in London, Ont. in June 2018.
Hockey Canada and the woman quietly settled a $3.55-million lawsuit out of court.
The organization then announced members of the 2003 men's world junior roster -- the last time Halifax hosted -- were also being investigated for a group sexual assault.
