Health committee  Exactly.

Health committee  I would. Nova Scotia has had a tax incentive in place. This is now our second year. The uptake was phenomenal, and 30% of the children under the age of 19 in Nova Scotia claimed that money.

Health committee  Yes.

Health committee  I'd have to check with my colleagues. If I do, I will send it to you.

Health committee  No. I want to say that there are so many other programs in place that no one program is going to make the difference. Kidsport is a program in which low-income children can get funding to participate in sport. In Nova Scotia, we made an agreement with community services that

Health committee  No, they're national programs.

Health committee  They also pay the salary of the health coordinator who is hired in each province. It's jointly paid for by the departments of education and health promotion.

Health committee  I was in education for many years, and the federal government helped in education with technology and with French language in schools. So there are models where the federal government has put funding into education, in partnership with provinces and territories. Why would this be

Health committee  Any best practices? Well, Action Schools! BC is a best practice. There is Active Kids, Healthy Kids from Nova Scotia.

Health committee  Oh, from Quebec? Yes. What's it called? Kino-Québec is a really wonderful best practice.

Health committee  Alberta has Ever Active Schools. There are things going on. Saskatchewan has In Motion.

Health committee  There's not one strategy or one initiative or one group of people that is going to make the difference. The change is generational. It's something that is going to take a long time. When you ask people to change behaviours and lifestyles, it doesn't happen overnight. We need a

Health committee  I'd like to address the question around families. I know in Nova Scotia for sure we have looked at who we should be targeting as far as social marketing is concerned. We had research done and we came to the conclusion that we should be targeting the parents of children from zer

Health committee  CAHPERD can play this role also, and it has been doing so since 1933, as our national organization for school-based physical education, physical activity, sport and recreation, and dance. Year upon year, they struggle for funding. You never know whether you're going to get it.

Health committee  Absolutely.