The Canadian Press Former Ontario chief justice Lise Maisonneuve will lead the Future of Sport in Canada Commission. Canadian sports minister Carla Qualtrough also announced Thursday that Noni Classen and Andrew Pipe will be Maisonneuve’s advisers. The commission’s mandate is to delve into problems amid what Qualtrough and her predecessor Pascale St-Onge have called a safe-sport crisis in Canada. The commission has an 18-month mandate and will consult with sport bodies and survivors of abuse on how to improve the national sport system. It will produce two reports and hold a national summit to discuss preliminary findings. Some former athletes, academics and former sports minister Kirsty Duncan have called for a public inquiry. This year’s federal budget provided $10.6 million over two years to the commission. Maisonneuve’s eight-year term as…
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