Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madam Chair.

Canadian Heritage committee  I understand, and so would we. While it's not universally true that they don't include it, it depends on the willingness of the boards of education across this country to take up our curriculum, but we have it available to them across multiple levels.

Canadian Heritage committee  I would only add that I think the alignment discussion is something we've all been focused on, in recent years in particular—even, in our context, in recent months. Eric has been working very hard on this aspect, not only within our high-performance sport system at the federal go

Canadian Heritage committee  First of all, we both talked about the importance of telling our athletes' stories, and not just once every two years or once every four years in the context of winter or summer, but every day, 365 days a year. Certainly we have watched great growth in both our organizations arou

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. First of all I want to acknowledge the very significant contribution the federal government makes through Sport Canada to Own the Podium and the collaborative work we've done with Sport Canada in our work with Own the Podium. I sit on that board, and I'm very proud to do so.

Canadian Heritage committee  Was that a question, Mr. Waugh?

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll only say that of course that decision does not rest with me, sir. That decision is part of a broader process that we've initially undertaken. As you might know, we have sent out letters of inquiry to seven cities across the country. We've received feedback from I think all

Canadian Heritage committee  I can't speak to CBC's plans as it relates to the aboriginal community, sir. I'm sorry, but I'm not familiar.

Canadian Heritage committee  That's a terrific question. I'll be as brief as I can be. First of all, I echo your sentiments 100% with respect to our board members. We just came off a board retreat in Halifax this past weekend where all of our board members made strong contributions, but in particular the co

Canadian Heritage committee  I would only add that of course the organizing committee takes the first responsibility. All of us have heard first-hand about some of the mitigating steps that the organizing committee has taken on the ground. There's been lots of spraying and work done around the venues and so

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, sir.

Canadian Heritage committee  We submit a long list of potential athletes to the organizing committee for consideration, and then we leave the rest to our national sports federations, each of which has its own independent process, separate from us, that allows them to nominate athletes and coaches to their te

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll take it quickly, because from a sport leadership perspective it is, relatively speaking, a very good story in this country, as evidenced by Karen's leadership on the Paralympic side, and of course our president, Tricia Smith, has just taken the reins at the Olympic Committee

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll start and then I'll turn it over to you, Karen. First of all and importantly, the health and safety of our athletes and coaches is, for all of our mission team members, always our first priority whenever we're preparing to go for games. We're in the fortunate position of h

Canadian Heritage committee  Our sports and logistics team has made several visits to RIo over the past years. Our operations team is responsible for planning all the logistical details for more than 720 people for almost four weeks of the games period. It takes five years of preparation for four weeks of ga