The CAHA debated a recommendation from Doug Grimston that Canada withdraw from ice hockey at the Olympic Games since European tours by Canadian teams did not create goodwill, but rather led to European newspapers frequently criticizing Canadians for rough play due to body checking. This coincided with the perceived financial exploitation of the Canada men's national ice hockey team on a European tour, and the resignation of the CAHA's European representative Bunny Ahearne, who was also a travel agent and the vice-president of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). George and Tommy Lockhart issued a joint statement for the CAHA and AHAUS in August 1952, which banned Canadian and American teams from playing exhibition tours in Europe and sought financial guarantees if their respective national teams participated in future Ice Hockey World Championships. At the semi-annual meeting in January 1953, the CAHA decided not to send a national team to the 1953 Ice Hockey World Championships.