Canadian Heritage committee  Well, they wouldn't be kids. Every sport is a little different, frankly. To use rowing as an example, it's a late-maturing sport, so your investment in them might be when they are a little bit older. That's one very deliberate approach we will be taking. We'll really be looking at an eight-year investment.

Canadian Heritage committee  First of all, we mentioned retaining the ones we have. We are making sure that we are doing everything possible to create the best environment for coaches. Sometimes it's not always about the compensation. We need to make sure that they have the best environment, that they have the services, equipment, quality support, and expert providers working with them.

Canadian Heritage committee  I talked about the third category of sports that are more of a strategic investment. We will be narrowing that a little more thoughtfully, perhaps, going forward. Rest assured that every podium potential athlete identified between now and Rio will be supported. If a sport does not have a pool of podium potential athletes, we'll be taking a tougher line on that and making sure that if there are no athletes, there is no investment.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much. Those are great questions. Since Own the Podium was created in 2003, our focus has been very much what we would call a short-term-gains approach. We've really been looking at the upcoming set of games. It's a four-year window. We invest in those athletes who are identified four years out.

Canadian Heritage committee  Good afternoon. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. The opportunity to meet with you is very important for us at Own the Podium. It's of enormous importance to Canada's athletes to know that the Government of Canada and you as the elected politicians care about how they perform.