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'Step up and step down': Advocates call for more change after Hockey Canada board Chair resigns - YouTube
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we begin with breaking news hockey
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canada says michael bryndemur is
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stepping down as chair of its board of
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directors effective immediately a
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statement from brenda moore reads in
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part immediate action is essential to
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address the important challenges facing
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our organization and our sport which our
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action plan works to accomplish i would
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not be able to see this renewal through
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and have therefore announced my
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resignation to the board of directors
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bryndemur says he's confident
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recommendations from the independent
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review will lead to a future of desired
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change the hockey canada board of
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directors and members will meet in the
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coming days to determine next steps and
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to appoint an interim chair
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the resignation follows growing calls
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for change at the top of the
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organization after hearings in ottawa
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over revelations that members of the
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2018 world junior team were accused of a
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group sexual assault and that hockey
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canada reached a settlement with a
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complainant another allegation of group
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sexual assault involving the 2003 world
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junior team surfaced last month
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joining us now for more from sudbury
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ontario is the co-director of the
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national research network for gender
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equity and sport and pegoraro and thank
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you so much for joining us today well
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thanks for having me on so ann what was
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your reaction when you heard the news
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this morning about michael brendamore's
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resignation
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i think it was uh it was time to see
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some movement there's been calls for
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resignations both from board members but
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also from key leadership positions in
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hockey canada and this is the first one
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we've seen step aside so i think we need
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to be watching what hockey canada's
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board does next in terms of who are they
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going to appoint as that interim chair
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and who would you like to see in that
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position what kind of person
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i'd like to see someone who comes from
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um a different background and isn't
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maybe as steeped in the game in the
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culture of hockey
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hockey canada recently made some efforts
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to diversify their board and added two
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women and one individual from
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a culturally diverse background and i
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prefer to see one of those three new
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members who
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have a different appoint of view on the
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on hockey and on our game to be the
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chair
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talk to us a little bit more about the
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culture shift that needs to happen at
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hockey canada from your view from your
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perspective
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well you know we've got an organization
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that's in charge of of arguably you know
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everyone's favorite and national pastime
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and the best game in our our country for
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a lot of people but we've we've not seen
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a lot of change we've seen you know
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the people are in leadership have been
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there for decades and they've enabled
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this culture and also been a part of the
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decisions that we're now seeing as we
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peel back the layers that have been made
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around protecting
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the organization protecting athletes who
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uh you know commit sexual assault so i
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think we need to see some whole scale
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change the board needs to be fully
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renewed in my opinion and i think key
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leadership positions inside that
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organization need to change we saw the
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poll recently put out by ctv news it
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shows how angry canadians are and how
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they are not confident in this
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leadership right and on that note anne
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given the anger that we're seeing
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nationally how can hockey canada rebuild
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trust amongst canadians
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well i think a couple of steps i mean
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you know we look at the the data from
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from the survey done it looks like you
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know overall people are angry but women
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are angrier than than any other group
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and so i think appointing a woman as a
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chair to show leadership that uh that
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can convince perhaps women across the
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country that it's got in better hands
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would be a first step i think changing
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some of the leadership positions going
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to be key but i also think committing to
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more openness and transparency they
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haven't committed to transparency in
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this third party review that it's going
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to be public and we're all going to see
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what they say so we need more uh
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transparency and we need them to step up
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and step down and just finally here and
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the women's national hockey team has
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voiced concerns over what the federal
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funding fees for hockey canada will mean
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for them are you surprised there hasn't
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been more clarity on whether funding for
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the women's teams will continue
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yeah i think that we've seen both the
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women's team and the para team being
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caught up in what's happening with the
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men's hockey side of the business and
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and i think as as canadians we should be
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concerned uh the women's team is is
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arguably one of our most successful
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teams some of the highest performing
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athletes and both them and the para
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athletes depend on the canadian uh
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funding support funding system for their
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revenue and their and their uh because
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they don't earn salaries in professional
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leagues so i think they're right to be
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concerned and i actually am um quite
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shocked i guess that that we haven't
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seen more um assertions from hockey
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canada that their funding is secure and
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they're going to keep being able to
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pursue excellence and thank you so much
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for joining us today and for sharing
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your insights with us
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thanks for having me on
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