Hockey Canada funding frozen by federal govt

[Frank the Skank]

I saw this morning that top tier sponsors Tim Hortons, Telus, Chevrolet Canada and Bank of Nova Scotia have pulled out. As well Canadian Tire, The Keg, Esso and many others. Canadian Tire issued a statement

"Hockey Canada continues to resist meaningful change and we can no longer confidently move forward together," Canadian Tire senior vice-president of communications Jane Shaw said in a statement on Thursday.

I guess the question is how long can Hockey Canada remain tone deaf to public opinion and maintain status quo?

I hadn't heard about Esso. They and Nike appear to be the 2 biggest sponsors left

 

[Frank the Skank]

Skip the Dishes and Sobeys are also out

Which corporate sponsors have paused or pulled their support for Hockey Canada?

The chief executive officer of Hockey Canada, along with the entire board of directors, has officially agreed to step down, following a mass exodus of sponsor support.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

[Frank the Skank]

Nova Scotia..

 

[Frank the Skank]

 

[rangersblues]

Nova Scotia..

That's just a sad statement that people like that are walking around.

 

[Frank the Skank]

 

[rangersblues]

Hockey Canada is burning it to the ground. I heard there's even question about Halifax/Moncton and the WJC.

 

[Frank the Skank]

 

[Frank the Skank]

 

[bobber]

Skinner the sister of Jeff Skinner probably got out before her name was dragged through the mud with the rest of the executives in Hockey Canada. I think there is a need to shut the whole program down for a year or two until they clean house. They need to look at the issues of elite hockey in Canada all the way through the system. There are no "blue-collar" kids making elite teams in Canada unless their parents are going broke. Even the next Gretzky could be playing on a back yard rink somewhere. No person would ever see him outside of house league hockey anymore. A few years back a father of a former Kitchener Ranger told me at practice this type of hockey is not a blue-collar sport anymore. Time for changes to be made.

 

[rangersblues]

Skinner the sister of Jeff Skinner probably got out before her name was dragged through the mud with the rest of the executives in Hockey Canada. I think there is a need to shut the whole program down for a year or two until they clean house. They need to look at the issues of elite hockey in Canada all the way through the system. There are no "blue-collar" kids making elite teams in Canada unless their parents are going broke. Even the next Gretzky could be playing on a back yard rink somewhere. No person would ever see him outside of house league hockey anymore. A few years back a father of a former Kitchener Ranger told me at practice this type of hockey is not a blue-collar sport anymore. Time for changes to be made.

I had a friend at work whose son made it to junior 30 years ago. He told me how much it cost to put his son through AAA. I was flabbergasted. I can't even imagine how much it is now.

 

[RayzorIsDull]

Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

 

[Millpond]

Seems like they are going down the path of until they run out of money.

 

[aresknights]

Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

About time. Just sad that it took all the sponsors FINALLY pulling out for it to happen.
I've seen HC first hand respond to ?s of sexual nature before. A joke.