It will be able to pull federal funding from any group that doesn’t meet requirements including standards for transparency, diversity and professional governance
Ottawa is introducing new measures to confront poor governance at Canada’s national sport organizations, including the creation of a compliance office that can penalize them for not meeting targets set out by the government.
Under the new system announced Thursday, NSOs will now be required to publish all board meeting minutes; disclose financial statements to the public; include athletes on their board of directors; and meet new minimum standards for diversity and independence of directors. The changes are an effort to bring more professionalism to Canadian sport organizations. Several NSOs have beenin the past two years, including allegations of sexual assault, abuse, maltreatment and financial malfeasance.
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