Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. It is a pleasure to be here. Good morning, everyone. I'm very pleased to have heard that the Canadian athletes are going to have special treatment in London. It is an honour to be here with you today to provide you with an update about the preparations of

Canadian Heritage committee  Oh, okay. We have a health and science clinic for the athletes staffed by top experts. We have a place called the wellness centre to provide a calm and relaxing experience. It will also help athletes focus on performance. The technology is top of the line. We have a performance

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for the question. We call it a real turnaround. We arrived with a very ambitious platform. I come from professional sports. I learned a lot there about the business side of it. We were able to build the best team. We have the number two from the Miami Dolphins and t

Canadian Heritage committee  To have the chance to work with them is a privilege.

Canadian Heritage committee  When it comes to that, we are really very close to our goal. There is not much more left to do, aside from working out the details and fine-tuning things. As for the Vancouver Olympic Games, we saw that, when governments and the private sector invested, the results were immediate

Canadian Heritage committee  I don't think that there is a paradox, a contradiction, between the two. Even if we show the best spirit possible, and we have excellent performances, good coaches, good programs and so on, we cannot do anything without financial support. Without that support, everything will eve

Canadian Heritage committee  Let's use the example of Joannie Rochette. There were psychologists, experts in virtually everything, on hand to support her. Why do you think the situation did not degenerate and she was able to return to competition, despite the situation? It was mostly due to the fact that she

Canadian Heritage committee  We are one of the 204 countries with a legal Olympic committee. We are like a branch of the International Olympic Committee. We represent Canada and adopt the values and parameters of the International Olympic Committee. Therefore, high performance athletes are our priority. Ho

Canadian Heritage committee  They're going to come back. Don't worry.

Canadian Heritage committee  It's difficult to say exactly, because, as you know, there is Sport Canada and, through OTP, that is our best partner as far as generating the money goes. As for generating it in the sports sector, it's our duty, our job, and all of that. There is no secret here. This country doe

Canadian Heritage committee  As for the ratio, most of the money comes from the government, but I would say that we could reach 50% of what the government brings as far as the additional sponsorship goes.

Canadian Heritage committee  We are very demanding. First of all, we have an opportunity to deal with the biggest corporations in this country, and usually they are very well equipped as far as a code of ethics is concerned.

Canadian Heritage committee  Is there somebody who's an expert in that?

Canadian Heritage committee  Our position is not to get involved in any union relations problems. That's not our job. Our job is to be associated with the best. Rio Tinto, everybody acknowledges, is an incredibly good name in the world, but they were mixed up here vis-à-vis the fact that they were making the

Canadian Heritage committee  Are you asking me what is being done to ensure that developing countries participate in the Olympic Games?