thePodcast: Global Athlete's Koehler on the long wait for Canada's sport abuse and corruption commission

April 28, 2024 • 00:24:08
thePodcast: Global Athlete's Koehler on the long wait for Canada's sport abuse and corruption commission
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thePodcast: Global Athlete's Koehler on the long wait for Canada's sport abuse and corruption commission

Apr 28 2024 | 00:24:08

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Show Notes

For the week of April 28, 2024: Canadian athletes campaigned for change, to end abuse and corruption in sport.  They wanted a judicial public inquiry. Last December, Liberal Sport Minister Carla Qualtrough said they would get the Future of Sport in Canada Commission instead, with a deadline in 18 months. More than four months since then, only the announcement of the $10.6 million budget. Meanwhile, the Paris Olympics are only three months away. “It’s not great timing, it should’ve been two years ago to get everything out in the open and start reform,” said Rob Koehler, the director general of Global […]

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