The parliament adopted unanimously a motion initiated by Gilles Duceppe his political party, the Bloc quebecois to bring Hockey Canada in front of the counrty's official language committee.

The events involving Shane Doan happened on december of 2005 in Montreal when after a match between the Montreal Canadiens and the Phoenix Coyotes. Doan apparently shouted racist comments (****ing frenchmen) to the french canadian referee while going back to his lockeroom. Doan always denied saying such a thing.

Gilles Duceppe justified the initiation of the motion because Team Canada is in a large part funded by federal funds and should be more responsible of it's actions and decisions. The image of the country projected elsewhere on the globe is also a concern for the parliament.