After controversy over how it handled allegations of sexual assault top corporate sponsors pulled out including Bauer, Canadian Tire, Tim Hortons, Bank of Nova Scotia and Nike
Hockey Canada CEO Scott Smith and the board of directors of the embattled organization resigned Tuesday amid a controversy over how it handled allegations of sexual assault.
An interim management team will be installed until the new board names a new CEO to run Hockey Canada. The resignations follow testimony in Ottawa last week that parliamentarians said was misleading and contradictory, prompting renewed calls for change at the top of Hockey Canada. Major sponsors called for change last week, echoing demands in Ottawa for Hockey Canada’s senior managers and board relinquish control, saying the organization has lost the trust of Canadians. Those calls were repeated on Sunday.Hockey Canada created a second multimillion-dollar fund,
, also fed by registration fees, to settle the lawsuit surrounding the 2018 allegations. Parents and players across the country have expressed outrage that their fees were used in the settlement.treated sexual assault as an insurance problemThe investigation showed the Participants Legacy Trust Fund was formed using $7.1-million from the National Equity Fund, “for matters including but not limited to sexual abuse,” according to documents filed in Alberta court.
MPs criticized Hockey Canada for withholding key information from the hearings. Ms. Skinner told the hearings the second fund had been misconstrued in the media, but gave no evidence as to how it was misrepresented, drawing accusations from MPs that Hockey Canada was trying to muddy the waters and deflect criticism from itself. She then went on to confirm, as The Globe reported, that the trust was indeed created using $7.1-million from the National Equity Fund.
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