Thank you. Thank you, everybody, for being here.
My first question is to the minister, because I assume we'll get other opportunities with Silken Laumann.
In the $500 that is being spent, do we have a baseline, and will we have a way of knowing whether the $500 is being spent by parents who could not previously enter their children into sport, or whether the $500 is being spent by parents who already are spending the $500 to put their children in sport? Could we end up, then, with no new children enrolled in a program because they still cannot afford that money?
I heard Mr. Fletcher say lots of people have been calling him. They've been calling me too, but in my riding they don't like it, because it's not going to make a difference for very many people, so I think a whole group of folks are being left out.
I want also to suggest that the issue of poverty and the fact that it will be impossible for people to do this.... They are often the children who need it the most, because some percentage of overweight children are overweight because they live in poverty and their parents can only afford high-calorie food.
So I'd like to know about the baseline; I'd like to know how you're going to know if we're spending on the same kids who are currently playing. I'll stop there.
And I have one more question on the aboriginal money. How much is for the already skilled athletes and how much is to encourage children? How does the $12 million break down?