Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. First of all, as has been said now a number of times, coaches are core to our strategy for sport development in this country, absolutely. Secondly, I want to pick up on the point that's being made around volunteerism. You wouldn't need to go too deep into our sport s

Canadian Heritage committee  I would agree with any programs that provide more opportunity for kids to be attached to sport and to get involved earlier in life. In the sport community, in the family, we talk about not just high-performance sport, we talk about the continuum that is the development of athlete

Canadian Heritage committee  Sure. The question was what are we doing to promote our athletes, I gather, in their run-up to London. Certainly you've seen evidence of it today. The initial video that we shared with you is part of the core to our brand campaign. The way we think of our position next to all of

Canadian Heritage committee  Sure. I can take some of that. If you'd like, I'll go back and provide just a little more clarity around what has already been offered from a funding perspective. The Canadian Olympic Committee is 98% funded by the private sector. The wonderful support that comes from the fede

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Armstrong, because it's something we're very, very proud of. The progression in the effort to prepare athletes and coaches for the experience they have at the games has been tremendous. Going back to soon after Athens, the Canadian Olympic Commit

Canadian Heritage committee  It's absolutely the right question. We believe very strongly that sports, elite sport in particular, is an absolute laboratory for leadership. You don't need to look any further than a little way down the desk to see the type of leadership that Charmaine has provided, not only wi