Cochrane was accompanied by Canada Soccer board members Paul-Claude Berube and Stephanie J. Geosits. All three appeared by way of video convention.

Former Canada Soccer president Nick Bontis was invited to look however was unable to attend.

The committee moved to require Bontis, Canada Soccer chief monetary officer Sean Heffernan and CONCACAF president Victor Montagliani to look earlier than a future listening to.

Bontis resigned final month after provincial and territorial governing our bodies, in a letter, requested him to step down. Cochrane stated the letter was primarily a non-confidence vote.

Monday’s listening to of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage got here 11 days after testimony by captain Christine Sinclair and teammates Janine Beckie, Sophie Schmidt and Quinn, who goes by one identify.

The gamers, who’ve made a mixed 732 appearances for Canada on the senior degree, advised the parliamentary committee that the Canadian girls’s crew has primarily been handled as an afterthought in comparison with the boys’s facet.

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This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed March 20, 2023.

Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press