Fixing Canada’s troubled hockey culture

TSN reporter Rick Westhead's book, We Breed Lions, is a must-read for parliamentarians, hockey players, parents, coaches, and officials. Perhaps the House Canadian Heritage Committee should ask Westhead, who triggered its study into safe sport, to present what he has discovered through his dogged investigation.
Rick Westhead paints an all-too realistic portrait of what elite minor hockey in Canada has become, writes Paul Deegan.

In 2022 and 2023, the House Canadian Heritage Committee studied safe sport in Canada. The committee held more than 20 hearings, and heard from more than 100 witnesses. In its 

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