Canadian Heritage committee  I agree with both Jeffrey and Jamie. We have to have a celebration of sport. It really has to happen that way. I think we can all remember that professor or teacher who inspired us to be better, and I think that's what coaching does. We've heard that a number of times. Players

Canadian Heritage committee  We also have a policy around a vulnerable sector check. Up until last year I would say it was a poorly executed policy. We found that not many people ended up getting them. We've put renewed effort into making sure that all our coaches have their police checks. At our house leag

Canadian Heritage committee  That's the ideal model on the volunteer side, so house league and recreational. Generally mom or dad is helping, and that's where we're having a bit of an issue. They're applying lessons from hockey, ringette, basketball or whatever they played as a volunteer coach because there

Canadian Heritage committee  I completely agree with Mr. Partrick, and that's where we're going in soccer. I think the big difficulty with moving away from keeping score and winning is that's an adult point of view. We try to put our view of the game onto children, and children play quite differently from ad

Canadian Heritage committee  No, within our strategic plan we definitely have tactical plans for having more volunteers involved. I think we're lucky in that we have a community that really wants to get involved and is eager to get involved. We don't have a lot of trouble with volunteers. Really, the volunt

Canadian Heritage committee  Most national associations have a home. The CSA really doesn't have a home where we can make sure our referees are getting the best in training, make sure our players are getting the best in training, or make sure our coaches are getting the best in training. You need something t

Canadian Heritage committee  We've got space.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, they do.

Canadian Heritage committee  I would say yes, but I think the overall standard of our recreational coaches could also be higher. I think the overall standard for the volunteer side, as well as for the professional part-time coach, has to increase.

Canadian Heritage committee  It was the excellence stream or the high-performance stream.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. I use them interchangeably.

Canadian Heritage committee  We try to take a holistic approach in terms of how we coach our players. We want to make sure that we're building good individuals, number one, so character development is a big part of what we do. What I've found at the end of this is that you have young adults who are able to

Canadian Heritage committee  Through the Oakville Soccer Club, it happens more on the boys' side than on the girls' side; I'll be very honest. As I mentioned, there's a worldwide group of people and professional clubs that invest in soccer worldwide. Relatively speaking, the men's side struggles because ther

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, and we support Canadian universities equally as much, because we know that we can rely on the education system here.

Canadian Heritage committee  There are slightly more girls than guys, but it's almost a 50-50 split.