Thank you, Mr. Chair.
There are a few things before I get going. I don't mean this as a partisan jab, Mr. Dryden, but I've heard that the greatest politicians do their best work after politics, and that's not because of your political stripes in the past, but you're taking on a serious issue.
It's interesting. I come from a hockey town, Barrie, Ontario. Don Cherry and Shayne Corson, I'm sure, would both have a major interest in this exact issue, but being born a Brit, I never could quite make it work on the ice. I literally was a fighter to play hockey at points.
I've seen it throughout all sports. I have played varsity basketball, varsity soccer. A gentleman who lived maybe 10 houses from me is a guy by the name of Gary Goodridge, who was a UFC champion and does a lot of talking on this. This has occurred to me, because I'm struggling so heavily on this subject: Where does the personal responsibility begin and the societal norms go actually against that?
If you look at the growth in sports over the past 15 years, where has it really been? I think the sports that have seen a humongous amount of growth are among the most aggressive and have the highest number of concussions. As a society, we're endorsing this. I think you're right—this committee has the opportunity to act—but as a society we're endorsing this. I want to hear your comments on that as a whole.