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Canadian Heritage committee Yes. That is correct.
July 27th, 2022Committee meeting
Brian Cairo
Canadian Heritage committee It was a self-insurance fund when it did start, so yes, there is a form of that. To answer your question about the nature of injuries, one particular injury was a plaintiff who suffered a catastrophic injury in a WHL game and became a quadriplegic. Basically, he endured 40 years until he passed just this very year.
July 27th, 2022Committee meeting
Brian Cairo
Canadian Heritage committee The money from the equity fund is used to fund our insurance premiums.
July 27th, 2022Committee meeting
Brian Cairo
Canadian Heritage committee I think Ron Robison would be best to answer that. It happened way back in the early eighties, I believe, so I'm not familiar with it.
July 27th, 2022Committee meeting
Brian Cairo
Canadian Heritage committee Yes. That is one avenue we intend to pursue.
July 27th, 2022Committee meeting
Brian Cairo
Canadian Heritage committee That's correct.
July 27th, 2022Committee meeting
Brian Cairo
Canadian Heritage committee Not to my knowledge, no.
July 27th, 2022Committee meeting
Brian Cairo
Canadian Heritage committee Are we talking about just sexual misconduct?
July 27th, 2022Committee meeting
Brian Cairo
Canadian Heritage committee Not to my knowledge.
July 27th, 2022Committee meeting
Brian Cairo
Canadian Heritage committee From 1989 to 2021, nine cases were settled from the equity fund, and from 1996—because it only came into existence in 1996—to 2022, there were 12 cases from insurance.
July 27th, 2022Committee meeting
Brian Cairo
Canadian Heritage committee That's correct.
July 27th, 2022Committee meeting
Brian Cairo
Canadian Heritage committee Madam Chair, with respect to our insurance, we've settled 12 claims for a total of $1.3 million.
July 27th, 2022Committee meeting
Brian Cairo
Canadian Heritage committee That's correct.
July 27th, 2022Committee meeting
Brian Cairo
Canadian Heritage committee We carry it because it does afford coverage for our existing players. Where we have gaps in the system is when there are individuals when we acquired the sexual misconduct insurance that were identified, and insurance would not cover those individuals.
July 27th, 2022Committee meeting
Brian Cairo
Canadian Heritage committee Madam Chair, I'm not aware of any minutes existing, but that's simply because I haven't gone back and looked for the previous ones.
July 27th, 2022Committee meeting
Brian Cairo