Canadian Heritage committee  I couldn't agree more with everything that was said about encouraging coaching and encouraging participation in coaching. We need to create heroes for young people, not just Olympic medallists, but people who do anything at a high level that is based on fitness, health, positiv

Canadian Heritage committee  Ninety-nine per cent of what we do is through the NCCP. We have separate certifications for different types of gymnastics, artistic women's gymnastics, men's gymnastics, trampoline gymnastics, active start, which is for the pre-school ages from two to five years old. These are al

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, absolutely. We have vast numbers of athletes at the entry level and a pretty good number of coaches. It's still a challenge at the early level. As Dino was saying, as we move to the competitive level, that's where we have challenges moving them up. They need that higher lev

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for welcoming me to this committee meeting. I am the head coach and club manager at Airdrie Edge. I've been there for 19 years and in that time I've coached all levels, from pre-school, one- and two-year-old athletes, up to lead athletes. I'm a current national team c