Canadian Heritage committee  I also wear another hat. I'm temporarily running an organization called Physical and Health Education Canada, whose primary vocation is to get children and youth active in sport. I'd say we do it in a mixed way across the country. Some areas are effective at it, some school boa

Canadian Heritage committee  Maybe I could just make a couple of observations on behalf of one of my members, the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport. I think what they would tell you, probably, is that while access to the sport at the intake level is getting better and better all t

Canadian Heritage committee  Interestingly enough, Steve Nash went to the same high school I went to in Victoria, which is Mount Douglas High School, and then went on to another local school, St. Michaels University School. We've heard Wayne Gretzky say this as well in the past. He believed that you shoul

Canadian Heritage committee  I think it's our sense that it was an extremely popular initiative that had a lot of mayors in the queue and a lot of projects that were funded, and yet it probably only scratched the surface. In the depths, it is still in the order of about $15 billion. In some cases it's extrem

Canadian Heritage committee  That's a good question. I think I have two responses. First, there is now a movement that's gaining attraction and a foothold in Canada, and that's the Canadian sport for life movement. It is attempting to teach parents and coaches about the sort of natural progression of a young

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the committee, for the invitation to present here today. The Sport Matters Group, SMG, represents the collective interests of sport and physical activity in Canada. We have been in existence for a decade and work to advance supportive public p