Canada’s national sports organizations will have less than a year to meet new standards for governance, accountability and safer sport practices to qualify for funding
have spoken out, calling for coaches and administrators to be punished, and for investigations into toxic cultures and abusive practices within their sport.
The office received $16-million over the next three years in the federal budget. However, as Ms. Pelletier prepares to begin operating next week, athletes fear a backlog of cases at the outset. Athletes have also raised concerns about non-disparagement clauses some are asked to sign, especially when they are young, which prevent them from speaking up about serious problems or abuse in their sport. Ms. St-Onge said last week that such agreementsAsked on Sunday whether she would do away with those clauses in athlete contracts, Ms. St-Onge said it will become part of talks with the sports organizations over their funding.However, Ms.
The government has been conducting meetings with athletes, NSOs and the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic committees this year in an effort to address the allegations brought forward by hundreds of athletes. Among its responses was the creation of an athlete advisory committee at Sport Canada.
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