Thank you, Madam Chair.
I appreciate being here. My name is Mike Wallace. I'm not a regular member of this committee, but it's nice to have you here, and I appreciate your input that I've heard this morning.
I actually have two teenage daughters who are very competitive volleyball players, who are working out virtually every day of the week, so obesity is not really an issue in my household. But I do have an acquaintance, who is a constituent and a friend, who's doing post-graduate work on obesity in children. We have a debate on occasion, and I'm wondering whether you're able to give me the answer to this.
Both of my children have always made the school teams in whatever sports they're involved with. My friend's opinion is that if a child comes out to participate in a school activity, whether it's a school team or whatever, everybody should make the team, that skill is not necessarily the issue; it's the willingness to participate.
Do you know, for your country, what's happening in that area in terms of school teams and getting kids to participate at school in sports and other activities? If any of you could give me an overview of what's happening, I'd appreciate that.