Athletes are coming together to address the sport crisis in Canada

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The Canadian sports community is seeking solutions to the crisis that is rocking it following numerous allegations of abuse and ill-treatment targeting some federations.

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Canadian athletes will also meet at a national conference next Thursday to update them on the latest developments.

Members of AthletesCAN (Canada’s National Team Athletes ’Association), the Canadian Olympic Committee Athletes’ Commission (COC CA) and the Canadian Paralympic Committee Athletes ’Council (CPC CA) are invited.

This is the first step in resolving this crisis and changing the core culture that exists within the Canadian sport system.

A quote from Joint Communique from AthletesCAN, CA COC and CA CPC
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The athletes said governance reform and meaningful representation of athletes on boards and national sporting organizations.

We also called for more accountability and a review of the funding policies and structures that led to the situations we face today.emphasizes the press release jointly published by the three organizations.

Representatives from AthletesCAN, COC CA and CPC CA attended an emergency meeting with Sports Minister Pascale St-Onge on 31 March.

Several Canadian gymnasts failed not to be invited, despite an open letter signed by hundreds of them calling for an independent investigation into the toxic and abusive culture that prevails in Gymnastics Canada.

More freedom is demanded

One of the tools for cleaning up the sports environment is the creation of an independent mechanism to receive complaints from athletes. The latter is expected to enter service in the coming weeks.

Sports Minister Pascale St-Onge in the House of Commons (archives).

Minister St-Onge also pointed out on Thursday that the $ 16 million provided in the final budget to make sport safer will be used to support this independent mechanism, which will be managed by Canada’s Sport Dispute Resolution Center.

The Minister said making sports safe was an immediate priority and that the trust of parents who send their children to sports clubs should be restored.

With information from The Canadian Press

Source: Radio-Canada

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