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If only they knew how creepy the country of their birth is. Ignorance is bliss I suppose, hopefully Americans are not as naive about Canada today...
"It's sad," said MacKinnon, who won the Stanley Cup with his Colorado Avalanche in June. "There's no place for that.
"I don't know all the investigation stuff, but whatever happened wasn't OK — that's the main thing."
It also came to light that Hockey Canada kept a so-called National Equity Fund maintained by registrations fees from across the country to, in part, pay out uninsured liabilities, including sexual abuse claims, since the 1990s.
The organization has said it will no longer use the fund for that purpose.
Hockey Canada had federal funding cut off in the wake of its handling of the 2018 case and settlement, a number of corporations paused sponsorship dollars, and politicians have called for regime change, including the firing of president and CEO Scott Smith.
"It's sad," said MacKinnon, who won the Stanley Cup with his Colorado Avalanche in June. "There's no place for that.
"I don't know all the investigation stuff, but whatever happened wasn't OK — that's the main thing."
It also came to light that Hockey Canada kept a so-called National Equity Fund maintained by registrations fees from across the country to, in part, pay out uninsured liabilities, including sexual abuse claims, since the 1990s.
The organization has said it will no longer use the fund for that purpose.
Hockey Canada had federal funding cut off in the wake of its handling of the 2018 case and settlement, a number of corporations paused sponsorship dollars, and politicians have called for regime change, including the firing of president and CEO Scott Smith.
