Sarah Leavitt: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reporter on Canada getting caught spying on multiple Olympic training sessions

There's growing calls for disciplinary action against Canada following new developments in their spying scandal.

FIFA confirmed proceedings have been opened after support staff were caught flying a drone over two Football Ferns training sessions ahead of tomorrow's match in St Etienne.

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reporter Sarah Leavitt says this has brought shame to Canadian football fans ahead of the match.

"Lots of people are worried and wondering why this even happened in the first place."

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:02):
Now it turns out the Canadian football team didn't just
spy on the football ferns once, they actually flew a
drone over the New Zealand training on two occasions. The
Canadians have responded by sending home the person who was
flying the drone and also the assistant coach. Here's David Shoemaker,
the CEO of the Canadian Olympic Committee. There's no room
for that in Team Canada. It doesn't conform to our

(00:22):
standards of fair play and our values at the Canadian
Olympic Committee. The two teams are going to play each
other tomorrow morning. Sarah Levitt is a reporter with the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and is in Paris. Hey Sarah, Hello, Hey,
how have Canadians responded to this? Oh?

Speaker 1 (00:37):
Deep shame? I would say the overall response to this
has been just how is it that the first Olympic
scandal of these Paris Games involves Canadians. Lots of people
worried and wondering why this even happened in the first place.

Speaker 2 (00:56):
Well, because our team is quite sucky.

Speaker 1 (01:00):
I would just say, when we look at the FIFA standings,
Canada placed eighth. They're the reigning gold medalists. And yes,
I assume the idea is that New Zealand, you know,
is ranked twenty eight, so it's kind of a why
would you worry about this?

Speaker 2 (01:22):
Well, Sarah, the obvious answer is because the Canadian football
cheat football team. I just cheats, right, and it won't
be the first time they've done it.

Speaker 1 (01:31):
Well, I don't know about that. What they have said
is that this is isolated to two people, as you said,
two people sent home, one of them saying that they
didn't know this was happening. And that's so far what
we know right that in fact police in turn like
got the guy and then took the drone from him,

(01:54):
and so that the coaches of the staff never actually
ever got access to the video. So hopefully that tampers
any idea of cheating. But yes, it's quite the scandal
here in Canada, and I'm sure in New Zealand as well.

Speaker 2 (02:11):
New Zealand has officially asked that the punishment meted out
to Canada is that Canada for fits all points even
if they win all draw Do you think that's fair.

Speaker 1 (02:21):
Whether I think it's fair or not, I think what
happens now is up to the International Olympic Committee. They're
looking into it. What they have said is that they're
really happy with how Canada's Olympic Committee has dealt with this,
with the swift sanctions, and whether or not we're going
to see points given today. In fact, the game is

(02:42):
going to play, I guess in your time it'll be
a little bit during the night, but well, we'll have
to see. The IOC, though, seems very happy with how
this was handled internally, so I don't suspect that we'll
see anything coming.

Speaker 2 (02:57):
Sarah. Thank you. I really appreciate your time. That Sarah
that is who is a reporter in Paris with the
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