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Canada's national sport is embroiled1 in scandal. Hockey Canada's leadership resigns
For months the sport's national governing body, Hockey Canada, has been caught up in a growing scandal over its failure to address allegations of sexual assault.
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Canada's national sport is embroiled in a scandal. The entire leadership of Hockey Canada has now stepped down. For months, the sport's governing body has contended with revelations about sexual assaults allegations and slush funds worth millions used by Hockey Canada to settle lawsuits3. Emma Jacobs has more from Montreal.
EMMA JACOBS, BYLINE4: The unfolding scandal at Hockey Canada has become the subject of wall-to-wall coverage5.
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UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Breaking news about an exodus6 at Hockey Canada.
JACOBS: Pressure on the organization, which fields Canada's national teams but is also the governing body for amateur hockey, has been growing for months. Canadian news outlets7 have revealed multiple settlements made by Hockey Canada in sexual assault cases. These include one claim by a woman alleging8 she was assaulted by a group of eight members of the 2018 junior national team. Canadians have also learned the organization created slush funds to settle lawsuits from the registration9 fees of kids and recreational league players. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed the resignations but said the fact that they had taken so long showed the organization had not understood the gravity of the situation.
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PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU: There's work to do to transform the culture at Hockey Canada, but today was an important first step.
JACOBS: Just last week, interim10 board chair Andrea Skinner had defended the leadership when she answered questions from a parliamentary committee investigating the scandal.
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ANDREA SKINNER: Suggesting that toxic11 behavior is somehow a specific hockey problem or to scapegoat12 hockey as a centerpiece for toxic culture is, in my opinion, counterproductive to finding solutions and risks overlooking the change that needs to be made more broadly.
JACOBS: The outcry over her remarks was immediate13, and Skinner resigned over the weekend. The criticism of Hockey Canada has come not just from fans but from sponsors.
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UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As character) The early-rising parents, the backyard rink builders.
JACOBS: Long time sponsors like Canadian Tire, Nike and Tim Hortons have cut back or pulled their support. But this is not going to be the end of the chapter. More revelations are expected from an independent investigative group created by Hockey Canada, and there are ongoing14 police investigations15.
For NPR News, I'm Emma Jacobs in Montreal.
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