Arif Virani at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

On February 25th, 2021. See this statement in context.

February 25th, 2021 / 12:55 p.m.

Liberal

Arif Virani Liberal Parkdale—High Park, ON

Yes. Thank you for that, Mr. Dias.

Maybe I'll just finish with Mr. Burns.

You mentioned those sole instances of match fixing in Canada being the English bookmakers meddling with a lower-level Canadian soccer league. I'm actually concerned about the lower-paid athletes.

I'm juxtaposing Auston Matthews, with a $10-million contract, with somebody in the East Coast Hockey League with a $30,000 contract. What do we need to do to ensure that lower-paid athletes who are still professionals but might also have secondary jobs are protected from match-fixing influences?

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