The league cannot remain silent, premier says.
The premier called the hazing abuse of young people detailed by the judge “very serious” and said the league cannot remain silent.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter. Postmedia Network Inc.
The QMJHL did not immediately respond to an interview request, but commissioner Gilles Courteau told Radio-Canada that the league has had a “zero tolerance” policy against abuse since 2008.In a Feb. 3 decision on a class-action lawsuit, Ontario Superior Court Justice Paul Perell described what he called “horrific and despicable and unquestionably criminal acts” inflicted on former players in Canada’s three major junior hockey leagues by teammates and staff.
Perell said the evidence presented by players in the case established that they were “tortured, forcibly confined, shaved, stripped, drugged, intoxicated, physically and sexually assaulted; raped, gang raped, forced to physically and sexually assault other teammates.” He said they failed to present a workable plan to litigate the class action, “because it is not conceivable that such a plan could be fashioned to deal in one class action with the evil that has persisted for half a century in amateur hockey.”
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