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Inside Canada Soccer’s equal pay fight

Inside Canada Soccer’s equal pay fight

FromThe Decibel


Inside Canada Soccer’s equal pay fight

FromThe Decibel

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Length:
21 minutes
Released:
Feb 17, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Canada’s national women’s soccer team is protesting unequal treatment by the sport’s governing body. The players say Canada Soccer is not transparent with its finances, and that they won’t agree to be paid less than the men. The men’s team supports them.On Thursday, the team was forced to play in the SheBelieves cup under threat of legal action. Federal MPs have noticed, and called for Canada Soccer to explain itself at a parliamentary committee.Rachel Brady is The Globe’s sports reporter, and she’ll tell us about the dispute, the growing business case for equally funding women’s sport, and how that’s fuelling professional women’s soccer in Canada.Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email us at thedecibel@globeandmail.com
Released:
Feb 17, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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