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Sail Canada says coach fired because lack of money, not pregnancy

Lisa Ross wants her job back.

The two-time Olympic sailor for Canada was named to the national sailing team's coaching staff three years ago.

Nine days after telling Sail Canada in March she was pregnant and would take maternity leave later this year, Ross was fired.

Ross was in Andora, Italy, where she'd been coaching Canadian sailors at the European championship. She was about to head to Spain for more competitions and training camps.

The 46-year-old from Mahone Bay, N.S., said during the March 17 video call with Sail Canada's chief executive officer Don Adams and high-performance director Mike Milner, she was told to pack her bags and return to Canada.

"It was strange and shocking," Ross told The Canadian Press. "It was a five-minute phone call where I was fired, basically, without cause.

"I was in Europe. I was in the middle of a planned six-week trip."

Sail Canada said lack of money, and not Ross's pregnancy, was the reason for her firing.

"Sail Canada terminated Lisa Ross's contract for financial reasons which had nothing to do with Lisa Ross being pregnant," the organization said in a statement to The Canadian Press.

"Discussions and the decision to terminate Lisa Ross's contract took place well before she verbally informed Sail Canada high performance director that she was pregnant.

Sail Canada said Ross's salary was supported by Sport Canada Gender Equity funding, which was eliminated at the end of the 2021-2022 fiscal year.

"Sail Canada was able to maintain Lisa Ross's position in the next fiscal year through the Return to Sport funding program but, unfortunately, that funding is no longer available in 2023-2024," the organization said.

Ross's annual salary was $80,000. The federal government renewed its

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