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.
Charmaine Crooks addresses the Canadian Soccer Association 2014 annual general meeting in Vancouver in a handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Canada Soccer-Bob Frid
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." "I wonder if you're lying. Are you being totally truthful with us today? Or are you skirting our questions?"Crooks appeared before the committee by video conference.
The former track star beat out former Canada Soccer vice-president Rob Newman for the top elected job at the governing body's annual meeting last weekend in Saint John, N.B. Crooks had been summoned to testify before the parliamentary committee last week, but her appearance was delayed because the scheduled hearing clashed with the annual meeting.
"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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