Health committee  It's highlighted in Common Vision, under “Spaces and places”, as a key component, a key area of focus. What we don't have is an implementation strategy to work with our municipal leaders to make them aware of the opportunities to address these issues and then to work and facilitate partnerships at a local level to make it happen.

Health committee  Common Vision—and I think Mr. Peterson said this—is very vague, and it is meant to be vague. It's a national policy framework. However, we need now to put that policy into action, and I think that right now there's a bit of a gap in leadership between the federal and the provincial and territorial governments.

Health committee  I have some practical responses to that, but at the end of the day, physical activity needs to be valued by our society. Parents should see driving their kids to school as socially unacceptable. Right now it's expected. If you walk your kids to school, people ask why you aren't driving them.

Health committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair and honourable members of the committee. Thank you for the invitation to speak to you about the importance of supporting increased physical activity participation among Canadian children and youth. As I hear all the presenters, I am struck by the consistency among their presentations and the points I'm going to make, so it may seem repetitive, but I think it's important that these issues be talked about more than once.