Hockey Canada has revealed that over 65 per cent of player insurance fees go toward the organization's National Equity Fund.
In a letter to MP Peter Julian obtained by The Canadian Press, Hockey Canada president and chief executive officer Scott Smith provided a breakdown of how registration and insurance fees are allocated.
Accidental death and dismemberment insurance and medical and dental insurance make up the remainder, and are paid into the health and benefit trust. Insurance in total makes up the bulk of the total registration fee of $23.80, with the other three dollars coming from assessment and registration fees."Well, I'm skeptical because Hockey Canada tends not to provide fulsome information," Julian said. "That's certainly been my experience.
"Hockey parents across the country deserve to know exactly how their registration fees are used," Julian said in the letter. At a parliamentary hearing on July 27, Hockey Canada chief financial officer Brian Cairo said the governing body used the fund to pay out $7.6 million in nine settlements related to sexual assault and sexual abuse claims since 1989.
The MP said he had received information on the expenses from a former board member who chose to remain anonymous. Those included dinners costing north of $5,000 for the board of directors, as well as accommodations of over $3,000 per night "such as the presidential suite at the Harbour Castle in Downtown Toronto."
With Hockey Canada interim board of directors chair Andrea Skinner, former chair Michael Brind'Amour and former president and CEO Bob Nicholson being summoned to testify at an Oct. 4 meeting, Julian plans on questioning the accuracy of a number of figures.
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