This spring, a woman accused several players of the Canadian ice hockey team’s JVM Gold team of sexual assault. Now a sponsor has stopped supporting a junior toilet this summer. Instead, the money will go to the women’s restroom next year.
Scotiabank is ending its support for the Canadian Ice Hockey Federation, which regulates the JVM, until the federation takes steps to “improve the culture within the sport – on and off the ice”.
This announcement comes after the Canadian government made the same decision.
Money for the ladies’ toilet
Ice hockey has always been Canada Sports. Not only are hockey players a role in the sport, they are also ambassadors for our country and for the values that we, as Canadians, maintain and nurture,” Scotiabank Chairman and CEO, Brian J. Porter, wrote in an open letter.
The money for the deferred men’s youth restroom, which will be set in Canada in August, will go instead to the women’s restroom, which will take place in Canada next year.
In addition, the bank will donate the money to an organization that supports women who have experienced violence.
Porter also wrote that he expects the Canadian Federation to cooperate with the government investigation committee that has been set up to examine it.
“Satisfied with the result”
The case of the woman who accused the JVM players of abuse did not lead to her being sued. The reason for his observation is that the woman had reached an agreement with the Canadian Hockey League and the Canadian Hockey League CHL that the players were affiliated with during the summer of 2018.
“The plaintiff is pleased with the outcome and relieved that this difficult case has been resolved,” the woman’s attorney, Robert Tallach, said in an email to TSN.
The Canadian Ice Hockey Federation wrote on its website that it had been aware of the case since 2018 and conducted an internal investigation.
“With respect to the lawsuit filed in April of this year, we resolved the issue quickly because we felt a moral obligation to respond to the alleged conduct that occurred at one of our events, by the players who participated in our lawsuit.” CEO Tom Rainey says in a statement.