Samuels won a Pulitzer for his book about George Floyd and covers race relations and national politics. They let him write about figures skating because he loves it.
And IIRC Skate Canada bought itself a mess when they tried holding Soucisse/Firus for ransom. Screwing with the reigning Olympic champion’s choice of a partner and with IAM would have been a lot messier. They let the Duchenays go all those years ago, clearly they understand that sometimes you give and sometimes (Piper, Weaver, Messing) you get.