Mr. Speaker, this weekend the first ever national summit on sport took place in Ottawa.
The meeting marked the end of a year long consultation process on amateur sports and the beginning of an ambitious plan to enhance and strengthen sports in Canada.
The hon. Secretary of State for Amateur Sport announced concrete action. He announced $10 million in new funding for Sports Canada. He announced the creation of three new advisory committees to examine the sports administration and development system, the role of advanced technology in developing our athletes and how corporate Canada can become involved in funding amateur sport. As well, he set a one year deadline for developing a national policy on sport.
I congratulate the hon. secretary of state and I look forward to the advances amateur sports will make following the recommendations made during the summit.