Thank you, Mr. Al Soud.
First and foremost, I want to highlight the historic investment that's been put into sport. This has been 20 years in the making. It would be inaccurate to claim that victory for myself. It is really because of the leadership of Secretary of State van Koeverden, who has fought a good chunk of his career to make sure that people—whether in elite categories or not—have the opportunity to play sports because of what it does for the country and for kids themselves; their mental health, their physical abilities and their ability to succeed in school.
Thanks to that generational investment of $750-plus million, our chances for our kids to podium in the next few years have just increased. Their chances of succeeding in school have increased. Their chances of being happier have increased. I think that's a good thing, and it falls squarely on the shoulders of Mr. van Koeverden for having convinced the Prime Minister and his colleagues to make that investment. It does fall under my portfolio, so I think that is a great victory.
I've been in this position for five months. It is becoming increasingly clear that we have to act quickly to make sure that we are dealing with our kids who are getting impacted by all the harms that we see online. We have lots of laws in this country that can punish, whether in a criminal context or a civil context, people once the harm has occurred. We have very few laws that protect the kids from the harm occurring in the first place. There are a variety of reasons why we are behind a number of countries. I won't rehash that, but I think that is a huge priority.
As always, protection of our official languages of two founding nations is key, as well as making sure that indigenous languages are properly supported, particularly in a year where the Indigenous Languages Act is up for review and there is a renewal process for the commissioners in place.
Also, given the importance the media plays, it's to make sure that we have a healthy ecosystem, as the media continues to be challenged by the reality in an ecosystem that is really very much under threat by disinformation, including deliberate misinformation. We have to make sure that we tread delicately, while also supporting independent news broadcasters, because that is a cornerstone of our Canadian democracy.