Canada Letter: The puck stops with Hockey Canada

Testimony by Hockey Canada’s interim chairwoman prompted a widespread backlash from both Parliament and corporate sponsors. 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The Hockey Canada scandal drove fans away from the junior world championship in August.Ian Austen/The New York Times Members of Parliament openly reacted with disbelief as Andrea Skinner, the interim chairwoman of Hockey Canada, told them that she thought the governing body had been unfairly turned into a “scapegoat” by the news media following revelations that it had created a slush fund from registration fees, including those for children, and had used it to, among other things, pay 3.5 million Canadian dollars to settle a lawsuit by a woman who accused eight members of the world junior team of [sexually assaulting her in 2018](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlI89XP4QSAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnRzbi5jYS9ob2NrZXktY2FuYWRhLWNobC1zZXR0bGUtbGF3c3VpdC1vdmVyLWFsbGVnZWQtc2V4dWFsLWFzc2F1bHQtaW52b2x2aW5nLXdvcmxkLWp1bmlvci1wbGF5ZXJzLTEuMTgwNDg2MT9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjIxMDA4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTc0MDgxJm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTEwOTQxMiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYzxXSkFjgdR2qVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA). [Read from August: [Sexual Assault Revelations Turn Canada’s National Game Into the Nation’s Shame](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlI89XP0TxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wOC8xNC9zcG9ydHMvaG9ja2V5L2hvY2tleS1jYW5hZGEtc2V4LWFzc2F1bHQtanVuaW9ycy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUwJmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuZGFfMjAyMjEwMDgmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NzQwODEmbmw9Y2FuYWRhLWxldHRlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTA5NDEyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpjPFdKQWOB1HapUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~)] And after repeatedly claiming that Hockey Canada had effectively handled the assault allegations and had “an excellent reputation,” she pushed back against widespread calls for the resignation of Hockey Canada’s directors and its senior management. “If all of the board resigns and all of senior leadership is no longer there, I think that will be very impactful in a negative way to our boys and girls who are playing hockey,” she told the House of Commons’ Canadian Heritage committee. “Will the lights stay on in the rink? I don’t know. We can’t predict that. And to me, that’s not a risk worth taking.” [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-universal-0) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlI89XP0RxaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjA3NjE2JmxpPUNOREEmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPUNOREFfMjAyMjEwMDhXA255dEIKYzxXSkFjgdR2qVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA If Ms. Skinner’s defiant testimony was an attempt at damage control by Hockey Canada, it was an exceptionally maladroit effort. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau quickly suggested that if Hockey Canada’s board and management wouldn’t quit, it was time to replace the entire organization with a new governing body. The provincial governing bodies for hockey in Quebec and Nova Scotia announced that they would no longer send registration fees to Hockey Canada, and their counterpart in Ontario moved to take the same step. The world junior championships, Hockey Canada’s signature event, may also be in peril. On Friday, Blaine Higgs, the premier of New Brunswick, said the province was reviewing its participation in the tournament, part of which will be held in Moncton, New Brunswick. And there was vigorous backlash from most of the corporations whose sponsorships previously accounted for about 43 percent of Hockey Canada’s budget. Several of them made permanent their temporary suspensions of agreements with Hockey Canada, at least for men’s hockey, while most of the remainder confirmed that their suspensions remained in effect. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-universal-1) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlI89XP0RxaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjAzNTA1JmxpPUNOREEmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPUNOREFfMjAyMjEwMDhXA255dEIKYzxXSkFjgdR2qVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA It appears increasingly likely that a new governing body will be created for hockey.Ian Austen/The New York Times The current crisis at Hockey Canada has shined an unflattering light on all of Canada’s national sports governing bodies, their lack of accountability and, for that matter, their usefulness for the vast majority of participants in the sports they govern. “I can’t imagine any scenario where the board members at Hockey Canada having to step down will have any influence on hockey on the ground,” MacIntosh Ross, an assistant professor of kinesiology at Western University in London, Ontario, told me. “The lights won’t go out. It’s primarily volunteer driven. It’ll be fine.” [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-universal-2) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlI89XP0RxaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzI4OTY3JmxpPUNOREEmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPUNOREFfMjAyMjEwMDhXA255dEIKYzxXSkFjgdR2qVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA In Canada, national governing bodies are mostly in charge of setting rules, organizing national teams and running major national or international events. The day-to-day work of actually running hockey, or pretty much any sport, falls on provincial and, most important, local and regional groups. Professor Ross told me that the federal government had little to no power over national sports governing bodies, aside from financial pressure. Government money can be a powerful influence with many smaller sports. But the federal government’s influence over Hockey Canada is minimal, given that it provides only about 6 percent of the organization’s budget. If, as seems increasingly likely, Hockey Canada is replaced by a new organization, Professor Ross said that it would be important to rethink that organization’s structure and not simply replace the current outfit. Any new governing body, he said, would have to be led by a board with women as at least half of its members and would have to include Indigenous people, people of color and para-athletes and draw from the entire country. As currently constituted, “50 percent of the board is from Ontario, and Quebec has no one, which is mind-boggling,” he told me. “The board needs to reflect what hockey is now about, not what hockey used to be.” The current scandal at Hockey Canada, Professor Ross said, should also cause Canada to rethink programs like Own the Podium that emphasize winning at the highest levels and reconsider how all sports are organized. “If the primary goal is winning medals, everything else kind of becomes secondary,” he said. “You can justify almost any behavior that furthers your opportunities to to win.” Trans Canada François Legault led his party to a resounding victory in Quebec this week.Nasuna Stuart-Ulin for The New York Times - Voters in Quebec [overwhelmingly returned the Coalition Avenir Québec](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlI89XP0TuaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8xMC8wMy93b3JsZC9jYW5hZGEvcXVlYmVjLWdlbmVyYWwtZWxlY3Rpb24tcmVzdWx0cy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUwJmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuZGFfMjAyMjEwMDgmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NzQwODEmbmw9Y2FuYWRhLWxldHRlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTA5NDEyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpjPFdKQWOB1HapUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) under Premier François Legault to power for a second term on Monday, increasing the number of seats it holds in the provincial legislature from to 93 from 76, my colleague Norimitsu Onishi reports. Before the vote, Nori visited the town of L’Assomption to examine how Mr. Legault had won over voters outside Montreal with [his brand of a nationalism](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlI89XP0TvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8xMC8wMi93b3JsZC9jYW5hZGEvcXVlYmVjLWVsZWN0aW9uLWZyYW5jb2lzLWxlZ2F1bHQuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjIxMDA4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTc0MDgxJm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTEwOTQxMiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYzxXSkFjgdR2qVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) based on traditional Québécois identity. - The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said this week that [Myles Sanderson had killed not just 10 people last month on the James Smith Cree Nation](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlI89XP0T0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8xMC8wNi93b3JsZC9jYW5hZGEvc2Fza2F0Y2hld2FuLWtpbGxpbmdzLW15bGVzLXNhbmRlcnNvbi5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUwJmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuZGFfMjAyMjEwMDgmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NzQwODEmbmw9Y2FuYWRhLWxldHRlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTA5NDEyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpjPFdKQWOB1HapUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) and in the nearby village of Weldon, Saskatchewan, but also his brother, Damien, who had originally been charged with murder. - Sara Bonisteel, my colleague in Cooking, who takes a keen interest in Canadian cuisine, has [11 recipes to celebrate Thanksgiving this weekend](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlI89XP0TaaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYXJ0aWNsZS9jYW5hZGEtdGhhbmtzZ2l2aW5nLXJlY2lwZXMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjIxMDA4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTc0MDgxJm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTEwOTQxMiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYzxXSkFjgdR2qVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA). - For Opinion, Eric Stange, a documentary filmmaker, has created a film about the improbable tale of how two brothers, then 9 and 11, [traveled to Expo 67 in Montreal from Boston in a pony cart](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlI89XP0TkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8xMC8wMy9vcGluaW9uL3BvbnktYm95cy1tb250cmVhbC1leHBvLTY3Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTAmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25kYV8yMDIyMTAwOCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD03NDA4MSZubD1jYW5hZGEtbGV0dGVyJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xMDk0MTImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmM8V0pBY4HUdqlSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) without any adults along. - Six months ago, Edith Lemay and her husband, Sebastien Pelletier, left their home in the Montreal area for a yearlong trip across Asia and Africa. Three of the couple’s four children have a rare eye condition that has already impaired their vision and will slowly destroy it entirely unless an effective treatment materializes. The trip is a chance for them to [see memorable sites while they still can](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlI89XP0TpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8xMC8wNy93b3JsZC9hc2lhL2ZhbWlseS10cmF2ZWwtYmxpbmQtY2hpbGRyZW4uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjIxMDA4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTc0MDgxJm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTEwOTQxMiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYzxXSkFjgdR2qVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA), Mike Ives reports. - Michael Paulson, The Times’s theater reporter, has covered “Come From Away” from its beginnings. Now, as the hit show about how Gander, Newfoundland, sheltered thousands of airline passengers when trans-Atlantic flights were grounded after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, closes on Broadway, he spoke with Petrina Bromley, [the lone Newfoundlander in its cast.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlI89XP0ToaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8xMC8wMy90aGVhdGVyL2NvbWUtZnJvbS1hd2F5LXBldHJpbmEtYnJvbWxleS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUwJmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuZGFfMjAyMjEwMDgmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NzQwODEmbmw9Y2FuYWRhLWxldHRlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTA5NDEyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpjPFdKQWOB1HapUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) - Elias Theodorou, a mixed-martial-arts fighter from Ontario who is widely believed to be the [first professional athlete to receive a therapeutic exemption](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlI89XP0TdaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8xMC8wMi9zcG9ydHMvZWxpYXMtdGhlb2Rvcm91LWRlYWQuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjIxMDA4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTc0MDgxJm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTEwOTQxMiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYzxXSkFjgdR2qVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) to use marijuana, has died. He was 34. - Kimball Livingston met with Sarah Douglas, [one of Canada’s most capable sailors,](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlI89XP0TuaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8xMC8wNy9zcG9ydHMvc2FpbGluZy9zYWlsZ3Atc2FyYWgtZG91Z2xhcy1vbHltcGljcy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUwJmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuZGFfMjAyMjEwMDgmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NzQwODEmbmw9Y2FuYWRhLWxldHRlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTA5NDEyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpjPFdKQWOB1HapUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) who has become a strategist for the Canada team in SailGP, the sport’s high-speed competition that’s sometimes compared to Formula 1 car racing. - In his review of “A Ballet of Lepers,” [a posthumous release of Leonard Cohen’s unseen novel](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlI89XP0TvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8xMC8wNy9ib29rcy9yZXZpZXcvbGVvbmFyZC1jb2hlbi1hLWJhbGxldC1vZi1sZXBlcnMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjIxMDA4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTc0MDgxJm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTEwOTQxMiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYzxXSkFjgdR2qVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) and stories from the 1950s, Nathan Goldman writes that the works are “fleetingly brilliant” and that “they find him circling the subjects that would occupy him all his life — sex, violence, sacredness and the ecstatic moments when all of the above become indistinguishable — but struggling to find the fullest expression of his aesthetic.” A native of Windsor, Ontario, Ian Austen was educated in Toronto, lives in Ottawa and has reported about Canada for The New York Times for the past 16 years. 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