Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Canadian Heritage who is responsible for amateur sport.
Recently the minister received a report on the funding of amateur sport which recommended the elimination of funding for 19 different sports. The minister acknowledged that having received the report, he was not prepared to make any further decisions until the report was examined. Then yesterday, the minister announced that two of the 19 sports so identified for funding cuts, biathlon and freestyle skiing, would not have their funding cut.
Can the minister inform the House what specific criteria were used to decide which sports would have their funding maintained and which would have it cut?