The Dubin inquiry was a Canadian government Commission of Inquiry into the Use of Drugs and Banned Practices Intended to Increase Athletic Performance held in 1989 after the

Ben Johnson Ben, Benjamin or Benny Johnson may refer to: In sports Association football * Ben Johnson (footballer, born 2000), English footballer * Ben Johnson (soccer) (born 1977), American soccer player Other codes of football *Ben Johnson (Australian foot ...

doping scandal at the

1988 Seoul Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

. The commission was given to

Ontario Court of Appeal The Court of Appeal for Ontario (frequently referred to as the Ontario Court of Appeal or ONCA) is the appellate court for the province of Ontario, Canada. The seat of the court is Osgoode Hall in downtown Toronto, also the seat of the Law Societ ...

Chief Justice

Charles Dubin Charles Leonard Dubin (April 4, 1921October 27, 2008) was a Canadian lawyer and former Chief Justice of Ontario. He led the Dubin inquiry into the use of steroids by athletes. Early life Charles Leonard Dubin was born on April 4, 1921, in Ham ...

. He released his report in June 1990.Cyr, Alex, "The Silver Lining Of Sin: How Ben Johnson And The Dubin Inquiry Resonates With Canadian Olympians Since 1988" (2019). University of Windsor, #7804: https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/7804 Dubin wrote that doping "threatened the essential integrity of sport and is destructive of its very objectives", when he issued more than 70 recommendations. Dubin concluded that "the failure of many sport governing bodies to treat the problem more seriously and to take more effective means to detect and deter the use of such drugs has contributed in large measure to the extensive use of drugs in athletes." Dubin said that there was a "moral crisis" in sports that required society to examine the values attached to sport.

Minister of Fitness and Amateur Sport Minister may refer to: * Minister (Christianity), a Christian cleric ** Minister (Catholic Church) * Minister (government), a member of government who heads a ministry (government department) ** Minister without portfolio, a member of government w ...

Jean Charest John James "Jean" Charest (; born June 24, 1958) is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the 29th premier of Quebec from 2003 to 2012 and the fifth deputy prime minister of Canada in 1993. Charest was elected to the House of ...

was responsible for Canadian sport at the time of the scandal and afterwards. The body named

Sport Canada Sport Canada is a branch of the Department of Canadian Heritage that develops federal sport policy in Canada, provides funding programs in support of sport, and administers special projects related to sport. Its mission "to enhance opportunities ...

was officially in charge, and "a predictable result from the shift in goal in Sport Canada from its original mandate in 1967 which was directed to mass participation, academic development through a national advisory committee and support for sport governing bodies in a decentralized volunteer system to its 1988 goal which was to win medals through national sport organizations."

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