For example, in Oakville, they have now implemented impact testing. I believe they did that three years ago. That's a baseline. If a child is injured, it's one of the tools that the doctor, or whoever is treating that athlete, can use.
I think it's also a culture thing and we have to change that. If during a game on January 27 on a Thursday night, a kid has bumped his head or something like that, who cares if he plays for the rest of the game? If they're hurt, take them off the ice. It's not going to hurt their career if they miss the rest of the game.
I think it's changing. I really do. I think the awareness is there. They moved the hitting age this past year up to bantam—that's when they introduce it—and I'm sure that's going to be looked at again in house league. House league is the base. You're always going to have your elite programs and your rep programs, where it's a bit of a different animal, but the house league is where you build the base and you have your adult non-contact leagues. That's what we need to foster. We need to grow that.
We don't want kids, when they're 15 years old or 16 years old, leaving the game of hockey. We want them to stay in hockey.
I think we have to concentrate on that house league and build the base of it. It's recreational. It's someone being active, and it's a great social thing too. We have to be very careful with that.