Finance committee  Regarding the infrastructure, the key is going to be the ability for the usage by all the citizens of Nova Scotia and indeed Atlantic Canada. So what's going to be left behind here is the infrastructure that will allow us to deliver programs for all ages, all levels of ability, a

Finance committee  Do you mean the requirement for infrastructure?

Finance committee  Well, I think we mentioned we were looking at what's been estimated in the CPRA study. The Canadian Parks and Recreation Association estimates there is a $14 billion deficit right now for sport and physical activity infrastructure.

Finance committee  We would hope the 1% would be used to increase the number of Canadians who take part in sport and to improve the quality in the delivery of sport programs for all Canadians.

Finance committee  It's both. That would include volunteers as well.

Finance committee  I think good strides have been made in terms of Canada's athletes. I think the most pressing issue we have here right now is participation.

Finance committee  I think it's a very comprehensive thing, just as it is in other areas, to develop sport. If I were stranded on an island and could only have one and not the other, I guess the answer would be that funding for programs would be the key, because that's what you can then offer for a

Finance committee  The sport animator has been linked through the Department of Health Promotion and Protection to our after-school physical activity program. What that program involves is our going into communities to train high school students in the community to deliver after-school programs for

Finance committee  We've had some meetings in about the last nine months to see whether we can....

Finance committee  We don't have any numbers at this stage of the game. As I think you know, we've had a program here like that, just about a year old now, with a healthy living tax credit. I think the initial numbers we've had have been positive. At the same time, we have to realize that it only

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for the opportunity to take part. As a point of information for the committee, in addition to my role at Sport Nova Scotia, I am also the chair of the Canadian Council of Provincial and Territorial Sport Federations. I would like to speak very br