Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kanada ba ta shiga gasar zakarun duniya ta 1947 ba
kuma CAHA ta yanke shawarar kada ta shiga wasannin Olympics na 1948 a cikin rashin yarda da ma'anar mai son ta IOC. Shugaban CAHA Al Pickard ya ji cewa Kanada tana da alhakin aikawa da 'yan wasan hockey na maza na Canada da ke wakiltar "babbar kasar hockey" a duniya, kuma da gaskiya sun dauki rantsuwar wasannin Olympics a matsayin masu son. Ya bayyana cewa Kanada ba za a fahimta ba, "idan mun ƙi shiga saboda ba mu sami hanyarmu ba". Kungiyar wasannin Olympics ta Kanada ta nuna cewa za ta yarda da duk wata kungiya da CAHA ta gabatar wacce ta cika cancantar son rai. Pickard ya sanar da Ottawa RCAF Flyers da aka zaba don wakiltar kasar da kuma yin kira ga goyon bayan kishin kasa ga Royal Canadian Air Force, amma har yanzu ya ci gaba da matsa lamba don amincewa da kasa da kasa na ma'anar CAHA na mai son. Ya kuma tabbatar da cewa CAHA za ta biya kuɗin da tawagar 'yan wasa ta yi don wasannin Olympics, kuma ta ba da tallafi don amfani da mafi kyawun' yan wasan Kanada da ke akwai.