Other Hockey Canada executives will appear before members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage regarding allegations that players from two national teams at the World Junior Championship committed group sexual assaults in 2003 and 2018.
The committee called two days of meetings to sort out what happened. Hockey Canada has come under intense scrutiny since it emerged in May that the organization settled with an alleged victim of gang rape in 2018 by paying him financial compensation. Details of the settlement, including the identity of the plaintiff and the men involved, have not been made public.
On Friday, news broke of another allegation linked to the 2003 team in Halifax.
The Government of Canada cut funding to Hockey Canada and ordered an audit and a number of corporate sponsors suspended their funding as a result.
Scott Smith, president and chief operating officer of Hockey Canada, and recently retired chief executive Tom Renney were questioned by parliamentarians during a committee meeting last month. Both should be back on Wednesday.
MPs will also hear from a partner in the law firm that led Hockey Canada’s investigation into the 2018 allegations, Canadian Hockey League (CHL) president Dan McKenzie, as well as former vice-president of Hockey Canada Insurance and Risk Management, Glen McCurdie.
Sports Minister Pascale St-Onge is due to appear on Tuesday. The committee will also hear from the president and chief executive officer of the insurance company BFL Canada and the commissioners of the three major junior circuits in Canada: those of the West, Ontario and Quebec.
Meanwhile, Hockey Canada has created a plan to combat toxic culture. It includes the implementation of a centralized abuse complaint tracking and reporting system, which will be in place by September. The results will be published annually.
Hockey Canada has also promised that an independent board of directors will be appointed by Sept. 15 to ensure the plan is implemented.