Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much. I think they probably need all the help and encouragement and coaching and facilities that able-bodied athletes need, and then some. One is starting a little further back, I think, with disabled people. The key reasons we're emphasizing the Paralympics, as

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much for the question. I am sure that Toronto is talking to London about this. One of the things we did in the run-up to our games was talk to Vancouver and Canada. Even though it was a winter games and a slightly smaller event, there were a great many lessons we

Canadian Heritage committee  I hope a very good one.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'd be appalled if it wasn't. London is a huge cosmopolitan capital. I think in addition to the games, whether people have tickets or not.... And by the way, there will be huge open screens all around Olympic Park. Even if people don't have tickets, they can watch individual even

Canadian Heritage committee  It's a really good question and thank you. It links a bit to what Mr. Aubut has just said. The United Kingdom has long been a champion of the amateur ideal, but in today's competitive world, amateur sport is very difficult to sustain at a championship level. We find that many o

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much for that question. I'm very glad to answer it. The Olympics have actually been central to revitalizing east London. Cast your minds back: It's the area along the Thames that used to be old dockyards, heavily bombed in the war, never really rebuilt. It had ve

Canadian Heritage committee  We look forward to running.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen, for letting me be here to talk a little about the Olympic Games. I thought I'd start with a quick overview and then have a brief word about the Olympics and the Paralympics. Needless to say, this is a