By Canadian Press

Gymnastics will be at centre of status of women meeting in Ottawa

Jan 30, 2023 | 5:11 AM

OTTAWA — Ian Moss, the embattled CEO of Gymnastics Canada, and Sarah-Eve Pelletier, Canada’s first sport integrity commissioner, will have the floor today in Ottawa.

Moss and Pelletier are among those testifying before members of Parliament as the Standing Committee on the Status of Women continues its hearings on the safety of women and girls in sport.

Gymnastics Canada has been a lightning rod for criticism with hundreds of former and current athletes pleading with Sport Minister Pascale St-Onge for a national independent inquiry into their sport.

Lawyer Richard McLaren, the CEO of Global Sports Solutions, will also testify, less than a week after releasing a 277-page report aimed at identifying the cultural issues in Canadian gymnastics. 

The status of women study comes after an outcry from hundreds of athletes in several sports such as gymnastics and bobsled and skeleton about the toxic environments in their national federations.

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Testimony began in late November, with the prominent theme being the need for a national judicial inquiry into sport.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 30, 2023.

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