Health committee  Why don't you start?

Health committee  The answer is public awareness. You can legislate helmets all you want. But I see kids all the time in hockey and on bicycles and in other sports not wearing them properly. It doesn't matter if you have a helmet on. If it's not on properly, it's not going to do the job it's desig

Health committee  Sure. Why not? I don't mean to be flippant about that, because I'm one of those odd Canadians who really doesn't skate well. I think the most important thing to recognize is that every kid develops differently, so I think some of the most intelligent people around that are the p

Health committee  First of all, I suggest you let them go out and play. Let them learn how to use their bodies and move. Don't just immediately strap them into hockey skates or soccer cleats or something and have a singular focus. There's not a lot of research on this, but the research that's out

Health committee  The initial part is with the coaches and helping them understand how they can teach the game of hockey differently from a safety perspective, but we also are engaged in raising awareness, particularly concussion, because two of our partners are the Canadian Spinal Research Organi

Health committee  Sorry. Do we lose them out of the education system? Are they now an additional burden on society?

Health committee  Thanks for the question, Megan. I'd like to start to answer that by saying when we look at the mandating of helmets in ice hockey, we have to recognize two things. Kids are still getting concussions. Helmets were actually designed to prevent what we refer to as focal injuries, w

Health committee  That's a good question. Thank you for asking it. I will build on Mr. Dosanjh's comment. As a funder of Sport Canada and Hockey Canada, you absolutely have a say in where your moneys go and how they are spent. The fact that you have a minister of state responsible for sport clea

Health committee  I'll keep this very brief. I think the reason we haven't seen much action is the diverse and multi-faceted nature of injury. It's complex, it's multi-layered, and there are so many different areas of injury. The question I would have if I were a politician is where do we start?

Health committee  My thanks to the chair and the honourable committee members for the opportunity to come here today and speak with you. I'd like to focus my comments on three areas: first off, the long-term implications of sport injuries; secondly, where are we at with sport injury prevention; a