This inter-agency investigation is intended to shed light on this extremely worrying situation in school basketball, according to a press release.

An overall picture of the situation is created and further measures can be determined.

The administration, organization and operation of the affected schools and sports organizations are targeted.

Athletes deserve to be able to practice their sport safely, in a healthy and respectful environment. It is our responsibility to turn every stone, shed light on these allegations and ensure that the mechanisms in place are effective to prevent these types of incidents and protect the integrity of our young people.explains the Minister responsible for Sport, Leisure and Outdoors, Isabelle Charest, in the press release.

Education Minister Bernard Drainville points this out that no compromises can be made when it comes to the safety of students within the network.

Tomorrow’s Quebec must be able to rely on all of its talents, and I will never allow such actions to harm the development of the student community.commented for her part the Minister for Higher Education, Pascale Déry.

Several cases have rocked the middle of school basketball over the past year. A player testified to the TVA network on Friday about manipulations by her coach at Rocher secondary school in Shawinigan and at Cégep Édouard-Montpetit in Longueuil.

earlier this year, three basketball coaches from Saint-Laurent High Schoolin Montreal, were arrested and charged with, among other things, sexual exploitation, sexual assault, sexual interference and invitation to sexual contact.