Seatbelt laws on buses in Canada, regardless of what sort of transportation - sports teams, school kids or transit, is a topic that’s been long debated.
Seatbelts on school buses could have prevented thousands of injuries, numerous deaths | CBC News
But I think it’s inevitable the federal govt will eventually pass mandatory bus seatbelt legislation to mitigate their liability otherwise it bears neglegance in not implementing safety standards. Then hockey organizations will be obliged to enforce it just the same as all the other disciplines expected of players.
..Whether perceived as good or bad, society increasingly marches towards more and more regulations in an attempt to protect us from virtually any disaster. There was a time when nobody thought about wearing seatbelts in airplanes or cars, helmets were for sissies and whirling around a merry-go-round was great fun.