Finance committee  It's for summer and winter Olympics and for the Paralympics.

Finance committee  There's a number of differences. The main reason I came back was that I saw a definite shift. Part of it was because of the Own the Podium program, but part of it was also that Canada was starting to focus on excellence, and our athletes no longer seemed afraid to try to be the best in the world.

Finance committee  It really started some time in 2003-04. The evidence was really in 2006 in Torino, where Canada won 24 medals, so that shift was there. I'm seeing that attitude is starting to shift more and more; we're getting out there and we have the confidence to compete against the best in the world.

Finance committee  Thank you for that question. You're exactly right. I think from an Own the Podium perspective, the two key priorities to have success at the high performance level are, one, having the proper coaching and technical leadership, and two, making sure our athletes have access to quality facilities.