Section 12: Policy on Anti-doping and AAP Support

This section describes the anti-doping policy related to AAP funding.

12.1 Policy

Athletes must respect and comply with the Canadian Policy Against Doping in Sport, as well as the Canadian Anti-Doping Program of the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES), as a condition of funding under the AAP.

It is the responsibility of CCES to inform Sport Canada of an adverse analytical finding under the Canadian Anti-Doping Program or any other assertions by CCES that an athlete has committed an anti-doping rule violation.

It is the responsibility of the NSO to inform Sport Canada of all adverse analytical findings resulting from international testing or any other assertions that an athlete has committed an anti-doping rule violation.

For all assertions of anti-doping rule violations made by CCES, an International Federation, a Major Games Organization, the World Anti-Doping Agency or other anti-doping organization, AAP benefits will be withheld pending the determination of an anti-doping rule violation or until such time as a final ruling is made on any subsequent appeal.

An athlete who is currently under sanction or who has previously been sanctioned by CCES, an International Federation, a Major Games Organization, the World Anti-Doping Agency or any other anti-doping organization for two years or more of sport ineligibility for an anti‑doping rule violation and who has not, in the case of pre‑2004 violations, been reinstated is permanently ineligible for AAP support.

Athletes who commit and are sanctioned for an anti-doping rule violation for a period of less than two years of sport ineligibility are ineligible for AAP support during the period of sport ineligibility and are ineligible to be nominated for AAP support during this time.

Following their period of ineligibility for AAP support, athletes must meet the carding criteria for the carding cycle for which they are applying for support and all other AAP eligibility requirements to again be eligible for AAP support.

If an athlete is asserted to have committed an anti-doping rule violation by CCES, an International Federation, a Major Games Organization, the World Anti-Doping Agency or any other anti-doping organization, his or her carding will be placed on hold pending resolution of the matter.

If the athlete exercises his or her right to have the B sample analyzed and the laboratory analysis of the B sample confirms the analysis of the A sample, the athlete’s AAP benefits will continue to be withheld pending the determination of an anti-doping rule violation or until such time as a final ruling is made in any subsequent appeal.

If the laboratory analysis of the B sample does not confirm the results of the A sample, the athlete’s AAP benefits will be reinstated from the date of the suspension of AAP funding.

If it is determined that no anti-doping rule violation occurred and there is no subsequent appeal, the athlete’s AAP benefits will be reinstated from the date of the suspension of AAP funding.

If an athlete’s appeal is upheld in a subsequent appeal and it is determined that no anti-doping rule violation occurred, the athlete’s AAP benefits will be reinstated from the date of the suspension of AAP funding.

If an athlete’s carding is withdrawn because of a finding that an anti-doping rule has been violated and the athlete is sanctioned with sport ineligibility, the athlete’s carding cannot be allocated to another athlete during that carding cycle.

For more information on sanctions related to anti-doping, refer to Sport Canada’s Anti‑Doping Sanctions.

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