Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Dryden—Ken—thank you so much. Those were incredible opening remarks. I'll ask a bit about your hockey history. Of course, in Nova Scotia, we're still talking about Windsor, Nova Scotia versus Dartmouth, so we don't really get into the whole

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  As long as it stays in Nova Scotia....

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  The thicker the pads, the higher the boards, the rougher hockey gets and the more injuries players get. Players seem to feel almost a sense of false security with their gear and take more liberties with their own safety. It's not just hockey. We've talked about this before. Many

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Do I still have time?

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  We often talk about the stigma around mental health, but there seems to be a bit of stigma around concussions as well. You already said, and we know full well, that players will play injured. Players will play when they suspect they have a concussion, and players will very likely

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Thank you to Mrs. Fortier for sharing her time with me. You brought up rugby and the fact that rugby players don't wear helmets. Mr. Kitchen and I had this conversation about a week ago. We talked about what appears to be a level of respect for the players in the game because th

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. This is incredible. Thank you so much for being here. I think it was Mr. Dryden who said at one point that it's important to hear from pro sports on this, but it's so absolutely important to hear from you. I made a comment this morning in a CBC interview a

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Carly, you said you passed all the tests.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  They gave you the initial tests, and you passed them all. You both were able to answer routine questions that might have been seen, at the time, only a few years ago, as being the protocol when it is thought that someone might have a concussion, questions such as “Do you know the

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  You also said you had exercises to do each day. I'm curious as to what kind of exercises you had to do every day. What things worked? Obviously you weren't able to do physical things, so this wasn't physical exercise.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you so much to all of you, parents and athletes, for being here. You all identify as athletes. That's how you saw yourselves when you played the game. That was your identity. You were also students. You were also peoples' friends, but you'

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Are you still friends with that same group you grew up with through the system?

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Matthew, what else besides the obvious do you feel you have lost?

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Carter, do you want to chime in on that?

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Matthew, we were chatting outside earlier, and I think it was you or your mom who said you wanted to turn a bad situation into a good one. You're a junior sportscaster, and I hope someday maybe you'll hire me when you are working at Sportsnet or TSN as a sportscaster. I think it