I think there are a number of factors. The first one is infrastructure. Canada's sports infrastructure is not up to the task. We can put a lot of kids in a pool. We can fit 8 swimmers in a lane, but if there are not enough lanes and we have to fit 15 kids per lane, that is too much. That is no longer enjoyable. There is not enough space and they end up hitting each other.
I can even tell you—and I stress this—that, if parents want their kids to join the gymnastics club and there is a waiting list, they will enrol their kids in another sport right away, in soccer, for instance. I feel that more facilities need to be built in Canada. In addition, as I said, they should be within the financial reach of the clubs. That aspect is a challenge because the municipalities are the ones that have to assume those costs.
Training enough coaches relatively quickly is also a challenge. Let me go back to university programs and to access to programs, even in secondary schools. Why would there not be a coaching course to address the shortage?
Mr. Moore, I have a report here from the Australian government when I was there. They started an after-school program. One thing that was crucial in the after-school program in 2004 was that they started this program because of overweight kids. The first year, 180,000 kids started the program. What they found was that 7,500 new coaches were developed because of the program. I brought the report for you. You could pass it around, and I think we might translate it. The program is still going strong. I did talk to Mr. Gosal about it, because I think it is about developing coaches.