Post by: susan on August 18, 2026, 03:00:34 PM
For weeks this summer, a lead instructor at a Kawartha Lakes hockey camp was a man who recently pleaded guilty to charges of assaulting children. There is currently no Ontario legislation that requires summer camps to screen staff that work with children, though Doug Ford's government now says it will look to change that.
Source: This summer camp kept an instructor who pleaded guilty to assaulting kids. Ontario law allows it (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-summer-camp-screening-staff-9.7304635?cmp=rss)