Violence in sports: McGill will finally participate in the commission

UPDATE DAY

Faced with pressure from elected officials, McGill University has changed its mind. She will finally send a representative to answer questions from parliamentarians on barbaric initiations in sports.  

The deputies of the National Assembly will meet on Wednesday to hear speakers from the sports community on degrading initiations. McGill University was initially among the invited organizations, alongside the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) and the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), but its name was removed from the list of participants.&nbsp ;

He reappeared there on Tuesday afternoon, hours after opposition MPs lobbied for the University to send representatives. 

“Given the massive public funds that are invested in this University, their part, I would say, of the social pact, would be to share their experience with us”, declared Tuesday morning the PQ MP Joël Arseneau, in point of view. press in parliament. 

The elected members of the National Assembly want to benefit from the experience of McGill University, which went through a scandal following an abusive initiation activity in 2005 . 

More details to come…