Canadian women accuse federation of disrespect in pay dispute

:Members of the Canadian women's national soccer team said they felt disrespected after their governing body released details of its proposed collective bargaining agreement (CBA) on Thursday, including private discussions made public with no notice.

The Olympic champions began their protest over pay equity and budget cuts last month, saying Canada Soccer had cut training camp days, full camp windows and the number of players and staff invited to camps, among other issues. The sides agreed to an interim agreement over funding last week.

Hours before the players were set to appear at the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage on Thursday, Canada Soccer offered details to proposed CBAs that would see both the men and the women paid the same amount for playing a 90-minute match and share equally in competition prize money.

The governing body added that the negotiations hinged on the pooling of FIFA World Cup prize money and would require cooperation between the men's team, women's team and Canada Soccer.

"We’ve been negotiating in good faith and want to get to a resolution with our National Teams," Canada Soccer General Secretary Earl Cochrane said in a statement.

"In order to get there, we need both of our National Teams to agree. Our women deserve to be paid equally and they deserve the financial certainty going into the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup."

WORLD CUP NEARS

The governing body also said it had either agreed to or is addressing demands made by the women's national team last month with the Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand less than 140 days away.

Those included providing a "comparable" budget for the women's team World Cup preparations as to what the men received for their tournament