Canadian Heritage committee  Could you repeat the question, please?

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely. It's proven. There's no question.

Canadian Heritage committee  In a friendly sort of way, the Olympics are considered to be the corporate games and the Paralympics are considered to be the family games. It's hard for me to comment on the broadcast rights of the IOC, other than to say, like you, I'm an interested observer and all of that. The price points have gone sky high, for sure.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  And I'm dying to say something else.

Canadian Heritage committee  Very quickly, not only would it do that, but I think just as importantly it would change society. It has that social transformative aspect to it.

Canadian Heritage committee  The answer to that, in one word, is yes. We were looking at best practices internationally, and some of our preliminary research would indicate that where there is the best broadcast coverage in a country of Paralympic Games, they coincidentally have some of the best teams internationally.

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely. We are currently working with Own the Podium as well as a number of universities across the country. The Université de Sherbrooke, which is not all that far from your riding, is one we're working with in all kinds of equipment innovation. You can imagine that if you can innovate a sit-ski or a sledge hockey piece of equipment and get it lighter and faster, it will be a great advantage for the team.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm sure you didn't have any problem with that.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, we are working, as was mentioned earlier, with the Abilities Centre and Variety Village, all the Canadian sports centres across the country with specialized equipment and specialized personnel who understand the needs of various athletes with different disabilities, to ensure that there are training programs, training facilities, accessible equipment, whether it be pool time or gym time, all of these things.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll give you my card at the end of this meeting, and then you can share that with the club in your riding. It is part of the challenge that we have because you don't have the same population base of people with disability, so forming leagues and teams and finding coaches and volunteers is a challenge.

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely, I do.

Canadian Heritage committee  Likewise, thank you.

Canadian Heritage committee  It may well be possible. If so, I think it will be well into the future. Right now, for the ability to host such an event, you're talking about the largest multi-sport games and the second largest multi-sport games in the world. By putting those two events together, and with the magnitude of the logistics and the timelines, it would really have to be cut back.

Canadian Heritage committee  At the closing press conference we had in London, we had an athlete, a coach, myself, and our chef de mission all on the panel in front of the media. The question the media asked was, what is the most transformative thing that would allow you to succeed at future games? Every one of the people on the panel indicated it would be extensive broadcast coverage.