Sex assault allegations prompt new bill with goal to better protect Manitoba youth athletes
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Allegations of sexual assault against Winnipeg high football coach and teacher Kelsey Albert Dana McKay, 51, have sparked calls for better protections for students and youth in sports.
Allegations of sexual assault against Winnipeg high football coach and teacher Kelsey Albert Dana McKay, 51, have sparked calls for better protections for students and youth in sports.
On Thursday morning, coaches and student athletes are expected at the Manitoba Legislature as a new resolution aimed at developing new policies is debated.
Jamie Moses, an NDP MLA, has a private member’s resolution which calls for, among other measures, a policy prohibiting coaches and teachers from having youth or students over at their homes.
“And this is the starting point,” Moses said. “We want to make sure there are processes in place to make sure that all students involved in sport are as safe as possible.”
Moses is bringing the resolution forward after working on it with fellow NDP MLA Adrien Sala and retired teacher and Winnipeg Rifles coach Geordie Wilson.
It’s one of a few ways Wilson hopes will help prevent kids from getting victimized.
“The number one thing is I really believe it should be a condition of employment if you’re going to be a teacher – and if you’re going to be a community coach – but for a teacher, a condition of employment that you cannot have kids in your home,” Wilson said.
