Evidence of meeting #41 for Canadian Heritage in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was players.
A video is available from Parliament.
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Conservative
John Nater Conservative Perth—Wellington, ON
Have the minutes of that board meeting been provided to this committee, as required?
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President and Chief Operating Officer, Hockey Canada
All of the briefings with respect to this file were held in camera.
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Conservative
John Nater Conservative Perth—Wellington, ON
What you're telling me is that no in camera discussions have been recorded in the minutes and provided to this committee, despite this committee ordering the production of those papers.
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President and Chief Operating Officer, Hockey Canada
In camera meetings have no recording and no minutes.
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Conservative
John Nater Conservative Perth—Wellington, ON
You're telling me Hockey Canada has no minutes or notes taken of in camera meetings on this.
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President and Chief Operating Officer, Hockey Canada
There are no minutes from in camera meetings or from in camera sessions within meetings.
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Conservative
John Nater Conservative Perth—Wellington, ON
Do you have any personal notes taken from those meetings?
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President and Chief Operating Officer, Hockey Canada
I may have notes from the board meetings, yes.
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Conservative
John Nater Conservative Perth—Wellington, ON
Would you be willing to provide those to the committee?
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President and Chief Operating Officer, Hockey Canada
If they would be beneficial to the committee and will not prejudice any of the ongoing investigations, yes, certainly.
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Conservative
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President and Chief Operating Officer, Hockey Canada
I believe there was a total of 11.
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Conservative
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President and Chief Operating Officer, Hockey Canada
Work has been done on all of those starting in 2018 through and including our action plan.
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Conservative
John Nater Conservative Perth—Wellington, ON
Could you provide this committee with a copy of those recommendations?
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President and Chief Operating Officer, Hockey Canada
I certainly can, and will provide an update on the work we've done.
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Conservative
John Nater Conservative Perth—Wellington, ON
Could you provide us with that by the conclusion of today's meeting, or at least the recommendations?
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President and Chief Operating Officer, Hockey Canada
Yes, certainly the recommendations. The update notes I'll provide as soon as possible.
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Conservative
John Nater Conservative Perth—Wellington, ON
When the decision was made to pay out a settlement in this case, when was the board informed of that settlement?
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President and Chief Operating Officer, Hockey Canada
The current board was briefed, I believe, on May 7, after a member forum. Then, I believe, on May 14, we had an additional board meeting, just in advance of the long weekend, when we discussed our approach with respect to settlement, and the board endorsed up to the maximum settlement number.
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Conservative
John Nater Conservative Perth—Wellington, ON
Who made the recommendation to Hockey Canada to pay a settlement?
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Conservative
John Nater Conservative Perth—Wellington, ON
Where did the recommendation come from to make a settlement offer?
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President and Chief Operating Officer, Hockey Canada
The settlement discussions took place between our counsel, Mr. Winton, who's to my right, as well as the young woman's counsel, Mr. Talach.
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Conservative
John Nater Conservative Perth—Wellington, ON
Mr. Winton advised Hockey Canada to offer a settlement.