![]() ![]() ![]() Is it conceivable that this might end up in the criminal courts? Is that why Smith and his cronies have clung so stubbornly to their posts? Because they’re afraid of what might be exposed if Hockey Canada is under new management? Is it, or isn’t it? We already know that Hockey Canada executives pay themselves bonuses every time one of our national teams wins a championship. Nothing about Hockey Canada is transparent, not even its status as a non-profit. What has Hockey Canada been doing with the millions of dollars it receives from the federal government, its sponsors and the exorbitant fees it collects from hockey parents across the country? Where is the money going, and why?Īs with everything else about this institution, it’s a muddy trail. What is Hockey Canada trying to hide? Why should a public entity not be entirely transparent about its finances? Given that Hockey Canada has just taken the mind-boggling step of suing the federal government to prevent the disclosure of its financial information, it’s hard not to believe that Skinner bailed because she understands at last that she would be compromised permanently if she did not step down. Local volunteers across the country keep the lights on, not Hockey Canada. Others are far more culpable than she is, but Skinner’s tone-deaf, preposterous statement in Parliament about keeping the lights on in the rinks was perhaps the last straw. ![]() Is she saying that Hockey Canada did not in fact spend in excess of $8 million to buy the silence of the victims of sexual assault? Or that it’s unduly cynical of us to believe that people who were behind the payoffs should not be in charge of cleaning up this mess? We would love to hear Skinner’s explanation as to what misinformation and which cynical attacks she is referring. ![]() Skinner told Parliament that “our board frankly does not share the view that senior leadership should be replaced on the basis of what we consider to be substantial misinformation and unduly cynical attacks.” Skinner’s statement came only days after she tried to defend the indefensible in her appearance before Parliament, insisting that hockey shouldn’t be made the scapegoat for toxic culture that exists elsewhere in society - when, in truth, Hockey Canada has not only helped to create that culture, it has paid millions of dollars to perpetuate it by paying off the victims. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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