October 27, 2025 – The recent allegations regarding illegal sport betting and match-fixing highlight the pervasiveness of competition manipulation and further reinforce the urgent need for action to protect sport integrity.
With 1.06 billion dollars bet on sports in Ontario alone in the month of September 2025, we must act now to protect sport’s integrity and its participants.
The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) is leading the charge to address competition manipulation in Canada, through both collaboration efforts with key partners and policy development. We will soon launch the Canadian Program to Prevent Competition Manipulation (CPPCM), which will provide adopting national and multi sport organizations with a robust policy, comprehensive education, and reporting tools.
Now more than ever, concrete actions are needed to protect both the integrity of sport and the safety of all involved. The CCES urges the Government of Canada to sign the Macolin Convention, the only rule of international law on the manipulation of sports competitions, wherein betting operators, public authorities, integrity service providers, and others work in harmony to address competition manipulation.
As recent allegations have demonstrated, even athletes earning hundreds of millions of dollars are not immune to the risks posed by individuals and organizations looking to profit from manipulating competitions. A proactive and aligned approach in Canada by the sport community, the betting industry, and law enforcement, supported by the federal government, is crucial.