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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Trudeau intervenes as sexual abuse scandal rocks Canada’s ice hockey body

Justin Trudeau: ‘It’s not like there’s something extraordinarily special about the people at Hockey Canada that means they are the only people in the country that can run an organization like this.’
Justin Trudeau: ‘It is inconceivable that folks at Hockey Canada continue to dig in.’ Photograph: Blair Gable/Reuters

Justin Trudeau has warned Canada’s ice hockey governing body that it has “lost the confidence” of Canadians and could be easily replaced by a new organization, amid growing outcry about its handling of a string of sexual assault allegations.

The prime minister’s comments come as a wave of major companies publicly pulled support for the embattled organization on Thursday.

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