June 30, 2010 (Ottawa, Ontario) – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) is revising the Canadian anti-doping rules, and invites members of the sport community to review and comment on the draft, released today. The 2009 Canadian Anti-Doping Program (CADP) requires rules changes to remain current with the World Anti-Doping Code. Your feedback is vital to the process.

This version change will not require sport organizations to re-adopt the CADP. It will come into effect without any action on your part, in two phases:

– Sections 2-9 of the CADP – October 1, 2010
– Section 1: General Principles – January 1, 2011

Noteworthy changes include:

– Parts of the Canadian Policy Against Doping in Sport that will not be carried forward in 2011 were incorporated into the CADP (Rules 1.0-1.3).
– The Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) process was split, to define the athletes that require a TUE in advance of competition and the athletes who may meet anti-doping requirements by being followed by a licensed medical practitioner.
– The World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) Athlete Biological Passport Operating Guidelines (Rule 6.1) were incorporated, including four new annexes for collection, transport, analytical and results management requirements (Annex 6H-J, 7A).
– Whereabouts submission dates were clarified to synchronize with ADAMS submission deadlines of January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 (Rule 6.98).

The CCES encourages you to provide feedback by September 7, 2010 by emailing cadp2010@cces.ca.

For complete analysis and a link to all relevant documents, please visit www.cces.ca/cadp2010.

The CCES is an independent, national, non-profit organization. Our mission, to foster ethical sport for all Canadians, is carried out through research, promotion, education, detection and deterrence, as well as through programs and partnerships with other organizations.

May 22, 2008 (Ottawa, Ontario) – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) is inviting members of the sport community to assist with the revision of the Canadian anti-doping rules. A first draft of the new Canadian Anti-Doping Program (CADP) has been developed and now needs to be tailored to meet the needs of its stakeholders. Your feedback is vital to this important process.

In November 2007, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) adopted a new World Anti-Doping Code (Code). All national anti-doping organizations have until December 31, 2008 to make their existing programs compliant with the new Code. The CADP, in effect since 2004, will be adapted to reflect these changes prior to it being formally adopted by Canadian sport organizations during the fall of 2008.

Noteworthy Code changes include:

– Sanctions are less rigid and may be longer or shorter depending on a variety of factors unique to each case and circumstance.
The range of what constitutes an anti-doping violation has been expanded. More emphasis will be placed on investigations to pursue violations that do not directly result from a positive test, both for athletes and their support personnel.
– Registered testing pool athletes must submit whereabouts guaranteeing their location for one hour per day, and risk a missed test if they cannot be found during that hour.
– All organizations that adopt the Code must provide mandatory education to athletes and athlete support personnel about the core elements of anti-doping.
– To collect the Canadian sport community’s advice and comments in connection with the proposed CADP, the CCES will convene a series of consultations in June in Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa, Montreal, and other sites if warranted. If you would like to attend a session in person or if you prefer to provide detailed written comments, please email the CCES at CADP2009@cces.ca. Targeted invitations will be sent within the week to organizations that previously adopted the 2004 CADP.

The CCES encourages you to provide feedback by June 27, 2008 by emailing cadp2009@cces.ca. For complete analysis and a link to all relevant documents, please visit www.cces.ca/cadp2009.

The CCES is an independent, national, non-profit organization. Our mission, to foster ethical sport for all Canadians, is carried out through research, promotion, education, detection and deterrence, as well as through programs and partnerships with other organizations.