Canadian Heritage committee  That's the pick a number $50-million question. Own the Podium, in the beginning, in the partnership that it undertook between the Government of Canada, the corporate entity, and VANOC produced something that was significant and quite unique. It is possible to recreate that. We j

Canadian Heritage committee  Within certain parameters, yes, they would. Obviously there are always certain protocols around medical facilities or around evacuation from the hill, let's say. There's certain protocol as to whether or not they can be involved in certain aspects, but I don't think we've ever se

Canadian Heritage committee  To be honest, I don't know exactly what those detailed plans are. The Canadian Olympic Committee would have more information on exactly what those detailed plans are. I know from our own standpoint, though, that when we go in to do our own events as a national sport organizatio

Canadian Heritage committee  To be honest, I have no idea.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm sorry, I'll qualify what I said before in terms of “I have no idea”. What I meant was I don't know the tumble-down of subjugation. In the insurance world, subjugation is the way things operate. There's never a single liability. There is always liability of one party against

Canadian Heritage committee  It would be all of those, yes. The national sport organization would have some. The COC would have some. The IOC or the organizing committee would have some.

Canadian Heritage committee  We know for sure in the business plan that increasing the gene pool, having a larger number of bodies in the hopper, is our most critical shortage right now. In order for us to have long-term success, we need to have more athletes in the system. I think there are a number of diff

Canadian Heritage committee  As Mr. Wilson discussed earlier, one of the Canadian Olympic Committee's beachhead pieces that they have to deal with is to ensure that athletes have the utmost in medical care and safety. Part of that is to ensure and to verify that what goes on, on the ground, on the venue, is

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm sorry, just for clarification, are you talking about athletic preparation, or—

Canadian Heritage committee  I would say that everything is well in hand. I think the investment that this government has made is sound, and that all the different entities, Sport Canada, OTP, and all the others, have done a phenomenal job at preparing in each of their silos. I think the national sport organ

Canadian Heritage committee  Slopestyle, again, is another child of the kind of generation X games events. It really evolved out of what was originally rollerblading. The use of street pieces involved in rollerblading evolved, and we're seeing it in everything from BMX to skateboarding, and now in the snow v

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. That's one of the interesting things. We've seen what's old become new and become old again. We've seen it come right around the block. The kind of speak and counterculture that was freestyling in the sixties and seventies, in the hot dog era, has been kind of reborn. Now

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. It's an excellent question. Certainly, as I spoke a bit about, I think our success for 2014, I won't say is absolutely guaranteed, but I think it will be phenomenally strong. Particularly with the addition of the new events, I think we'll see more medals than we've se

Canadian Heritage committee  I think we see a number of different versions of that. I think we've already seen some gamesmanship, we'll say, with certain aspects of access to training. Even just getting visas to get into the country is extremely difficult. In a softer sense, too, we're dealing with a country

Canadian Heritage committee  I would venture to say there has been some gamesmanship, yes.