Karen Vecchio

Member of Parliament for Elgin-Middlesex-London

[Karen Vecchio @karen_vecchio]

This is a must listen to interview with @ameliagrace1989 Thank you for your strength and incredible advocacy. #SpormustbeSafe #CPC @annarobertsmp @mferreriptbokaw #SafeSport #EML

[Amelia C (she/her) 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @ameliagrace1989]

My interview with @CBCNews on the resignation of Ian Moss from GymCan today.

This is window dressing and long overdue. It doesn’t replace the need for a judicial inquiry. If anything, it underscores the urgent need for one
@PascaleStOnge_ @JustinTrudeau

https://t.co/QLWEDFC6dJ

[Rick Westhead @rwesthead]

Gymnastics Canada says board chair Jeff Thomson has resigned and that the organization is looking for a new chief executive "in the near future" to replace Ian Moss.
GC thanks Moss for the "significant contribution" it says he made over the past 6 years.
https://t.co/OSiHXzvWCK

[Karen Vecchio @karen_vecchio]

This has happened! CEO resigned today. Chair formally resigned February 9th. Sport must be safe for our young athletes! #CPC #EML

[The Globe and Mail @globeandmail]

Ian Moss out as Gymnastics Canada CEO after athletes call for his resignation https://t.co/D0OJv0paol

[Rick Westhead @rwesthead]

"Canada Soccer must be held accountable."
MP Kevin Waugh tells me he expects WNT players inc Christine Sinclair and Janine Beckie as well as national team coaches Bev Priestman and John Herdman will be invited to testify in March before the Heritage Committee.
@KevinWaugh_CPC

[Courage for Freedom @officialC4F]

Today is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. https://t.co/6RfakdeV3Z
Let's review what has been done to end human trafficking in Canada & what still needs to change. We need your help and support to grow the movement so we can demand even more lasting, significant changes.

[Dan Albas @DanAlbas]

“It defies belief that Trudeau would soft-peddle this story because China’s goal was to help elect his Liberal government, but there’s little else by way of an alternative explanation for this prime minister’s passive blindness to spy agency concerns...” https://t.co/J4tJRAVgO3

[Rick Westhead @rwesthead]

CIBC, a Canada Soccer sponsor for three months, is calling for transparency regarding the issues raised by the women’s national team about CS’s media and sponsor contract with the private company Canada Soccer Business, says CIBC exec VP Stephen Forbes.
Forbes’ statement:

[Karen Vecchio @karen_vecchio]

Amazing people from across Canada are paying attention and are speaking up to ensure that abuse and maltreatment in sport ends. We need change. #CPC #SafeSport

[Rick Westhead @rwesthead]

Canada Soccer head physiotherapist Sarah Smith, who oversaw the federation's sports medicine department, has left the organization for a job in the NWSL.
Smith worked for Canada Soccer since 2013 and her departure was tied to the federation’s deep budget cuts, source tells me.

[Rick Westhead @rwesthead]

This story has stoked far more public interest and coverage in Quebec's French language media than in the rest of Canada.
Quebec's premier said this week he expects QMJHL Commissioner Gilles Corteau to appear before a govt committee to answer q's re hazing & abuse in his league.

[Children First @children1stca]

Every kid in Canada has the right to develop. We all have a responsibility to prevent deaths and injuries, and make sure decisions don't negatively impact the physical and mental wellbeing of children and youth.

When children thrive, Canada thrives.

#ChildrenFirst #UNCRC

[Larry Brock @LarryBrockMP]

Canada's bail system is broken. In my Q&A with the OPP Commissioner, I highlighted the existing problems and asked to share his views on what the government must do to stop violent repeat offenders from breaching bail orders and terrorizing our communities.

[Amelia C (she/her) 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @ameliagrace1989]

This is exactly the issue. Confidentiality is being used to shield accused perpetrators, even of the most heinous behaviour. Parents left in the dark. Possibility of this person coaching in other jurisdictions. How can confidentiality outweigh the safety of the most vulnerable?!

[Rick Westhead @rwesthead]

New: The Heritage Committee passed a motion today to invite Canada Soccer's Nick Bontis and Earl Cochrane to testify in early March about alleged unequal treatment of the WNT players, MP Peter Julian tells me.
Julian added subpoenas will be forthcoming if invitations declined.

[Karen Vecchio @karen_vecchio]

I was proud to present to a petition demanding the Iranian regime and its most senior officials - including the IRGC - be immediately banned from entering Canada.

https://t.co/leurlHxEij

[Natasha Fatah @NatashaFatah]

Convoy Protests:

The final report on the government's use of the Emergency Act to stop the convoy protests in Ottawa will be tabled in the House of Commons today.

Watch the background you need on what happened during the protests https://t.co/dgBfdnp1QA

[Thames Valley DSB @TVDSB]

Today is Random Acts of Kindness Day! Show us how you spread kindness by tagging @TVDSB or using #TVDSBKind. #RandomActsofKindess

[Karen Vecchio @karen_vecchio]

Statement on the passing of former Member of Parliament, Ken Monteith.

To his wife, Luella, children Ken Jr., Paul and Janet, and their families from the people of Elgin-Middlesex-London, thank you for sharing Ken with the rest of us.

https://t.co/B5mzo86JJr

[London Home Builders @LHBA_]

Congratulations to our past president @wastell_sue of Wastell Homes on becoming @CHBANational president! We couldn’t be prouder. #chbahomebuildingweek #ldnont

[Karen Vecchio @karen_vecchio]

More stories continue to come forward. There is so much conflict of interest and no accountability. We need to protect children. #FEWO #CPC @mferreriptbokaw @annarobertsmp #SafeSport #ChildrenFirst

[Jamie Long @jamieg_long]

Ben Cooper faces several charges connected to 7 teenage girls for alleged incidents between 2014 and 2022. https://t.co/WbBibkfLhK