A former Supreme Court justice recommended wholesale change at Hockey Canada a day before the embattled sports organization’s president/CEO and board resigned on Tuesday.
Hockey Canada released a memo from justice Thomas Cromwell Thursday alongside his interim report reviewing the organization’s governance.
The memo, dated Monday, says “there can be no serious debate” Hockey Canada’s leadership had lost the confidence of important stakeholders and that calls for a change needed to be answered.
Cromwell recommended that Hockey Canada put in place a board and a board chair who agree to serve for only one year as a transition board. The transition board will be responsible for addressing “the many public concerns about the senior management team of the organization.”…