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Canadian Heritage committee Could you repeat the question, please?
November 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Henry Storgaard
Canadian Heritage committee Absolutely. It's proven. There's no question.
November 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Henry Storgaard
Canadian Heritage committee In a friendly sort of way, the Olympics are considered to be the corporate games and the Paralympics are considered to be the family games. It's hard for me to comment on the broadcast rights of the IOC, other than to say, like you, I'm an interested observer and all of that. Th
November 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Henry Storgaard
November 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Henry Storgaard
Canadian Heritage committee And I'm dying to say something else.
November 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Henry Storgaard
Canadian Heritage committee Very quickly, not only would it do that, but I think just as importantly it would change society. It has that social transformative aspect to it.
November 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Henry Storgaard
Canadian Heritage committee The answer to that, in one word, is yes. We were looking at best practices internationally, and some of our preliminary research would indicate that where there is the best broadcast coverage in a country of Paralympic Games, they coincidentally have some of the best teams intern
November 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Henry Storgaard
Canadian Heritage committee Absolutely. We are currently working with Own the Podium as well as a number of universities across the country. The Université de Sherbrooke, which is not all that far from your riding, is one we're working with in all kinds of equipment innovation. You can imagine that if you c
November 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Henry Storgaard
Canadian Heritage committee I'm sure you didn't have any problem with that.
November 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Henry Storgaard
Canadian Heritage committee Yes, we are working, as was mentioned earlier, with the Abilities Centre and Variety Village, all the Canadian sports centres across the country with specialized equipment and specialized personnel who understand the needs of various athletes with different disabilities, to ensur
November 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Henry Storgaard
Canadian Heritage committee I'll give you my card at the end of this meeting, and then you can share that with the club in your riding. It is part of the challenge that we have because you don't have the same population base of people with disability, so forming leagues and teams and finding coaches and vo
November 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Henry Storgaard
Canadian Heritage committee Likewise, thank you.
November 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Henry Storgaard
Canadian Heritage committee Absolutely, I do.
November 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Henry Storgaard
Canadian Heritage committee It may well be possible. If so, I think it will be well into the future. Right now, for the ability to host such an event, you're talking about the largest multi-sport games and the second largest multi-sport games in the world. By putting those two events together, and with the
November 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Henry Storgaard
Canadian Heritage committee At the closing press conference we had in London, we had an athlete, a coach, myself, and our chef de mission all on the panel in front of the media. The question the media asked was, what is the most transformative thing that would allow you to succeed at future games? Every one
November 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Henry Storgaard