Parliamentary committee asks to see Canada Soccer deal with Canadian Soccer Business

Canada Soccer has been asked to deliver a copy of its controversial agreement with Canadian Soccer Business (CSB) to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage by Friday.

The parliamentary committee had already asked Canada Soccer to attend a future meeting to be questioned, with Liberal MP Anthony Housefather saying previously that the governing body should be moved "to the top of the list" given the ongoing labour impasse with the men's and women's national soccer teams.

The Heritage Committee has already received copies of Canada Soccer's board minutes dating back to January 2018. NDP MP Peter Julian has asked that Canada Soccer also provide board minutes from 2017 "as part of the issue of getting to the bottom of what's transpired with Canada Soccer."

A motion Tuesday by Housefather asked that "as part of the committee's safe sport study, the committee orders Soccer Canada to produce an unredacted copy of all contracts including but not limited to the representation agreement that it has with Canadian Soccer Business."

The motion calls for the document to be given to the clerk of the committee by Friday noon ET. Translating the document will take about two weeks, Julian noted.

Julian's request for additional board minutes was added to the motion, which passed without objection.

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The Canadian women are demanding the same backing in preparing for this summer's Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand that the men received last year before Qatar. And they want Canada Soccer to open its books, including its deal with Canadian Soccer Business, and explain the cuts being made to both the men's and women's programs this year.

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