Finance committee  We don't yet have access to the numbers related to the current implementation of the tax credit, but there has been some analysis and it's a very modest cost. It would cost less than $15 million to include that group in the program.

Finance committee  This is exactly why the Canadian Sport for Life model needs to be implemented, and hence the need for the investment.

Finance committee  It's quite the opposite. Three or four years ago the Blair government modernized their charitable act and included environmental organizations, amateur sport organizations, and arts organizations. Arts are already included here in Canada. Their purpose in doing that was to create

Finance committee  The short answer is yes. There are some 34,000 community-based amateur sport organizations offering the full range of recreational programs for children and youth. They are currently not-for-profit organizations and are not covered by the charitable provisions of the Income Tax A

Finance committee  My first take is that I have an eight-year-old playing in the Pontiac, so we'll be down to Montreal at some point and take you on. There are really three things that drive community participation. One is the capital requirement, and in 2005 numbers there is a $15 billion infr

Finance committee  Yes. The current program would be reduced by 35%, Mr. McCallum. These are existing resources that will lapse. There are three different buckets assigned in three different budgets. We're asking the government to extend those investments in the coming year.

Finance committee  It's our national sport program. You'll have read about Own the Podium, which supports our athletes and our coaches in their preparation for their activities on the international stage.

Finance committee  That's correct.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm not going to speak to the brief. You have the brief, so you've seen what's there. I'll just highlight a few key points. I'm with the Sport Matters Group. We've been in front of the committee for the past nine years, but typically on Parliament Hill.

Finance committee  I think your chairman, when he was on the Standing Committee on Health, recommended that the research be done and be tabled within the first three years of the credit's use. I think that's fair counsel. The further research, though, needs to look at the non-tax-paying part of th

Finance committee  It's an investment to leverage corporate support as well, and the role of our national and provincial sport organizations. It will complete the development phase for Podium Canada. Then we can start looking at other fiscal measures.

Finance committee  I think it's very early days. Not a single taxpayer has yet filed a tax return that includes this credit, though there are a few things, anecdotally, that we've already identified. A number of non-sport or physical activity programs for children and youth have adapted their progr

Finance committee  I appreciate your support for the role of Canada's athletes, coaches, and teams in the international milieu. I do think the challenge you point out is significant. It's complex. I'll speak to three different barriers. One is the infrastructure crisis. The solution to the infrast

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'll try to keep my remarks brief. Really, I'm just going to speak to the highlights of the brief, if I can. We've been quite consistent. I think you heard from one of my colleagues in Calgary, Mr. Dale Henwood, on Tuesday about the role that we believe

Finance committee  Yes. You can become a spokesperson for the issue, Mr. Savage, in the sense that we're talking about a crisis. We're talking about a generation of youth that is going to face something that none of us have and that Canadians have not faced. So everyone putting their oar in the wat