HEIMPEL: Hockey Canada must act — or be no more
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It has been called an “extinction-level” event for Hockey Canada.
The Sun ‘s own Steve Simmons suggested in a recent column that it was time to “collapse” Hockey Canada. So badly has Hockey Canada managed the current scandals before it, that it is now drawing comparisons to the Catholic Church. The recent revelation of a long-time secret fund to pay damages to victims assaulted by players suggests that it has both known it has a problem for a long time, and decided that it’s only a problem if other people know about it. And, by the way, the rest of hockey should not pretend this is isolated to Hockey Canada. One need only look at the Chicago Blackhawks.
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Hockey Canada needs to set an example. The eight players implicated in the 2018 incident, and players subsequently implicated in any other assaults, have to publicly be made permanently ineligible to participate in anything funded by, organized by, or affiliated with, Hockey Canada. It doesn’t matter what accolades they may receive, or have received in their NHL careers — if the NHL allows them to continue. They can never play or coach or manage for Team Canada ever again.
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Mitch Heimpel is the Director of Campaigns and Government Relations at Enterprise Canada
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