Nearly 60% of Canadians doubt Hockey Canada’s plan to tackle sex abuse: Survey
Global News
Women showed the sharpest degree of skepticism, with 62 per cent of respondents saying they are not confident in the plan laid out by Hockey Canada.
Hockey Canada is skating on thin ice when it comes to public trust in their promises to fix the culture of sexual abuse and harassment in the sport, new survey data suggests.
Fifty-eight per cent of respondents told the Angus Reid Institute in an online survey released Wednesday morning that they do not have confidence in the beleaguered organization’s action plan to improve the culture within hockey, including how people within the sport treat women and girls.
Women showed the sharpest degree of skepticism, with 62 per cent of respondents saying they are not confident in the plan laid out by Hockey Canada. Fifty-three per cent of men said the same.
“That is a significant amount of skepticism. So if anything, Hockey Canada is not only sitting at the top of a culture problem. It may also be sitting at the top of a pretty significant trust problem,” said Shachi Kurl, president of the Angus Reid Institute, in an interview with Global News.
“That’s profound.”
The online survey between Aug. 8 and Aug. 10 asked a representative, randomized sample of 2,279 Canadian adults about their views of the culture in hockey and Hockey Canada’s reaction to allegations of sexual assault made against some of their players.
While online surveys can’t accurately be assigned a margin of error, the margin for a comparatively sized poll would be plus or minus two percentage points, 19 times out of 20, the Angus Reid Institute said.
The responses come as Hockey Canada remains embroiled in a national scandal over its handling of separate sexual assault allegations against some of its players, including members of the 2003 and 2018 World Juniors championship teams. In the latter matter, the organization settled a civil lawsuit alleging sexual assault by eight players against a young woman in London, Ont.
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