Hockey Canada says it accepts a former Supreme Court justice's report calling on the organization to address a lack of transparency and oversight.
"Hockey Canada is reviewing Mr. Cromwell's recommendations, with a view to implementing them as soon as possible," Hockey Canada said in a media statement Thursday.The organization hired Cromwell in August to review its governance structure as politicians and sponsors called on Hockey Canada's leadership team to resign.
Hockey Canada said Thursday there are "systemic issues" plaguing hockey in Canada. It's urging the provincial hockey federations that will vote on the recommendations in the report to "consider accepting them in their entirety." The federations must approve any changes to Hockey Canada's bylaws. Cromwell's interim report found Hockey Canada broke the rules by failing to disclose to its members six instances since 1999 of settlements using its National Equity Fund that exceeded $500,000.
Cromwell concluded the fund itself is a sound way to address the risk of uninsured and underinsured claims and failing to have one in place would be "a serious oversight." Cromwell said he was not commenting on any particular cases like using the fund for sexual assault claims because his mandate did not include an assessment of Hockey Canada's response to any particular incident or issue.
Cromwell assessed the composition and diversity of Hockey Canada's board of director. His report found that only 25 percent of board members are female. More than 60 per cent of the directors are over 55 years old and none of them are fluently bilingual in both French and English. Cromwell said directors' terms should be increased from two to three years and the chair of the board should have a six-year term limit, rather than four. All nominations also should be vetted through a nominating committee with the authority to create a shortlist of candidates, the report found.
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