Toronto: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated it was onerous to belief these in cost at Hockey Canada after reviews that the nationwide governing physique maintained a fund to pay for uninsured liabilities, together with sexual abuse claims.

In accordance with a report on The Globe and Mail web site, a multimillion-dollar fund financed by registration charges of gamers throughout the hockey-mad nation is used to settle abuse claims with minimal exterior scrutiny.

“Proper now it’s onerous for anybody in Canada to have religion or belief in anybody at Hockey Canada,” Trudeau stated in response to a query in Bowen Island, British Columbia.

“What we’re studying at this time is totally unacceptable. It’s why quite a lot of days in the past or weeks in the past, we froze funding to Hockey Canada pending vital reforms and transparency and accountability.”

Hockey Canada didn’t instantly reply when requested to touch upon Trudeau’s remarks.

In April, a girl filed a lawsuit that alleged she was sexually assaulted in a resort room by eight hockey gamers following a Hockey Canada golf and gala occasion in 2018.

Hockey Canada settled the lawsuit in Might. The allegations in opposition to the unnamed gamers haven’t been proved in courtroom.

Final month, the Canadian federal authorities froze funding to the organisation over its dealing with of the alleged sexual assault and out-of-court settlement whereas quite a lot of sponsors have paused their commitments.

Earlier this week, Hockey Canada stated it determined to re-open an investigation into the alleged sexual assault as a part of a plan to eradicate a “tradition of poisonous behaviour” throughout the sport.