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[–]slushpilot 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I suspect in this case 'doping'

Which of course goes completely unmentioned in the article. Did the CBC even bother to get the other side of the story from Ringuette Quebec? Doesn't look like it. The provincial league adopts their guiding principles on inclusion directly from Ringette Canada; so why should they need to redefine the same rules for themselves?

Besides speaking about all the ways of being inclusive (up to the point where the rules of the international federation take effect), there is only one part in the Ringette Canada policy that I could see as disqualifying, and that is not getting an "authorized" designation for doping control. I can only guess that's what this is really about.

[She] said the sport caters mainly to "higher-income, white cis [gendered] women" and few others.

Well none of these factors were a problem before... so why the sour grapes now?

Let's also not forget that Quebec is under a province-wide lockdown and curfew right now, and all sporting events & practices are cancelled for the foreseeable future, just as they have been for several months. The article references a date from 2019...

So why push this propaganda now? No actual news to write about? A distraction?