Gang rape by junior hockey players: Minister St-Onge “disgusted”

I’m disgusted and discouraged to hear that once again a story of sexual assault is popping up in the sporting world.said Minister St-Onge by email.

I am deeply troubled by this story. It is important to remember that there is no place for a culture of silence in our society.

This is a complex and worrying file. We will take the time to analyze the facts and the role played by the federationshe added.

The young woman, identified by the initials EM, was allegedly repeatedly assaulted in a hotel room in London, Ont., in June 2018, after hosting a Hockey Canada Foundation gala and presentation of a golf tournament.

The young woman’s lawyer, Robert Talach, confirmed that his client had reached an amicable agreement in the context of a civil lawsuit that satisfies her. The victim was asking for $3.5 million. The amount received is not known.

Hockey Canada also confirms that it sealed the deal privately.

Where does the settlement money come from?

Organizations need to be held accountablesaid Pascale St-Onge in an interview with All one morning Thursday.

The Minister of Sports wants to know where the amount the victim received from Hockey Canada came from.

I want to make sure that there were no public funds used to cover up such a story. My link with sports organizations is primarily financial through public funds that we give to enable athletes to train.

There are conditions when these organizations receive these public funds, said the minister. And clearly, public funds cannot be used in this kind of situation, to cover up such events.

Pascale St-Onge will rely on verification mechanisms to obtain answers.

All Canadian sports organizations undergo audits on a regular basis, the Minister recalled. We can anticipate these audits, and every penny, every dollar must be justified. So there cannot be any money that is used to hide a story like this.

Editor’s note: An audit is an independent analysis that certifies the accounts of a company or organization.

Minister St-Onge revealed that she learned of the existence of this amicable agreement the day before the release of the TSN report. It was the president of Hockey Canada who called her to let her know.

Neither Sport Canada, to my knowledge, nor I, certainly not, knew that such a file was in progress at Hockey Canada, affirmed Ms. St-Onge. No one had been notified that a case like this was before the courts.

This story shows again that there is a culture of silence that reigns, and we must put an end to this culture. The athletes’ entourage and the organization have responsibilities.

The Federal Minister of Sports says that athletes must be better supervised.

Athletes should be educated on issues of consent. We need to talk about sex education to understand what is appropriate and what is not.

Since I arrived in office, this is what I have been working on, changing the culture of sportconcluded Pascale St-Onge.

Radio-Canada Sports has attempted to contact Hockey Canada to obtain a reaction to Minister St-Onge’s remarks. A federation communications manager then referred us to the statement released at the time this story was revealed by TSN. We read that Hockey Canada thinks deeply troubled by these serious allegations of sexual assault. As soon as she was informed of this story in 2018, she contacted the relevant law enforcement authorities.can we also read.