Mr. Chair, I apologize to my hon. friend. He asked a number of questions in his last address and I did not answer the question in terms of the Canadian sport hosting policy.
This fiscal year we are spending $27 million on hosting some 40 international events in this country, multiple sports as well as individual sports, including world championships, which provide the very important opportunities for our developing athletes who may not yet be at the stage where they will be at the Olympics, the Pan American Games or the Commonwealth Games yet need that sharpening of their performance through international competitions. Therefore the international hosting policy of events in Canada is a very important part of our policy.
Let me just say in response to the first question that, yes, the government, in its wisdom, did provide $30 million extra this year to attempt to address the very question that the hon. member raised in terms of developmental and high performance funding. Under this policy, in Whistler, B.C. in 2010 we will come first in the world with a minimum of 35 medals.