Feds freeze Gymnastics Canada funding amid calls to investigate abuse allegations
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Sports Minister Pascale St-Onge said Gymnastics Canada needs to accelerate its commitment to an independent, third-party investigation into abuse complaints.
The federal government is freezing funding for Gymnastics Canada amid a flurry of abuse allegations and growing calls by athletes to investigate the complaints.
Sports Minister Pascale St-Onge said Gymnastics Canada needs to step up its commitment to an independent, third-party investigation before the funds can be restored.
“A few days ago, I notified GymCan that they needed to accelerate their process to sign up with OSIC, and that funding would be suspended until they met that requirement,” she told Global News in an emailed statement on Friday.
Canada’s first sport integrity commissioner, Sarah-Eve Pelletier, launched the OSIC in May. Her office has been tasked with receiving complaints about alleged maltreatment in sports and where necessary, launch independent investigations.
In an open letter to the sports minster on Thursday, hundreds of Canadian gymnasts pressed for an independent third-party investigation to address what they called a “systemic culture of abuse” in the sport.
“We need urgent action now to stop the toxic abuse in the sport,” the letter said, asking the minister, “How many more children need to be abused before you act?”
In March, another open letter was addressed to Sport Canada’s director general Vicki Walker, Sport Minister Pascale St-Onge, Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) president Trisha Smith and Gymnastics Canada CEO Ian Moss.
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