Ottawa names trio to lead commission

Judge, child protection expert and former Team Canada doctor to lead investigation

- JOY SPEARCHIEF-MORRIS

Canada’s Sport Minister Carla Qualtrough has named the three people who will lead the long-awaited investigation into the crisis of abuse in Canada’s sport system.

The Future of Sport in Canada Commission will include a former Ontario chief justice, an expert in child protection and victims rights, and a former Team Canada sports doctor.

It’s the first update since Qualtrough announced the creation of the new commission last December. Led by former Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice Lise Maisonneuve as the independent commissioner and two special advisers Noni Classen and Dr. Andrew Pipe, the commission will spend the next 18 months reviewing Canada’s sport system by interviewing victims and survivors of maltreatment in sport as well as sport organizations, stakeholders and experts.