Newly elected Canada Soccer president Charmaine Crooks’ Parliamentary hearing gets testy
Newly elected Canada Soccer president Charmaine Crooks went before the Heritage Committee on Thursday, telling MPs she sees an “opportunity to reset” the beleaguered governing body.
Crooks’ first questioner was Conservative MP Kevin Waugh, who opened by saying: “I don’t have to tell you the national teams are absolutely pissed off with you and your organization.” And things got testy towards the end of the session when Conservative MP Rachael Thomas, citing Crooks’ body language, questioned her veracity.
Critics say the deal is too rigid, too long and doesn’t allow for Canada Soccer to benefit from the recent success of the men’s and women’s teams. Her term as president is for a year, the time that Bontis’ appointment would have lasted. There will then be an election for a full four-year term. “As a woman of colour who has been part of the elite global sport system, I’ve experienced both the wonderful and unfortunate realities that co-exist in sport,” she said. “Whether abuse comes straight at you or in the form of micro-aggressions, the pain and the damage are real. As leaders, we have a duty to stamp that out.
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