Canadian Heritage committee  I can say very proudly regarding female participation in snowboarding that certainly as to the overall number of snowboarders as participants, it's pretty well split. Over 53% of our Sport Canada-carded athletes are female. More than half of our athletes receiving Sport Canada fu

Canadian Heritage committee  Is your question specifically about who is on our heels in snowboarding?

Canadian Heritage committee  As I said in my earlier responses, we continue to invest in the high-performance group that is ready to go to Korea, but we must invest in the next generation, in the provincial level of athletes, and that's an eight-year project so that we can keep them involved in competitive s

Canadian Heritage committee  If you are speaking specifically about the Sochi landscape, Russia is a very interesting country. Although most of Russia or a good part of Russia that we see on TV—look at Moscow and St. Petersburg—is very European, Sochi-Adler and that area is not. It's a very long way to go. F

Canadian Heritage committee  I think JD is doing a very good job as he spoke to the business approach. A key part of business is having a purpose and a network of supporters. As the success of B2ten expands, those people who are involved, I believe, will continue almost organically, internally to create and

Canadian Heritage committee  I would agree with Mr. Miller: the cake is baked; this horse is on its way. I believe, from the snow sport side—not just snowboarding—that we're as prepared as we possibly can be for the Sochi games.

Canadian Heritage committee  There are a few additional small things, and I believe Own the Podium and Sport Canada have made some minor adjustments and agreed to those already, and some small additional funding pieces are in place. So, as far as the snow sports go, we're pretty much ready. We are ready.

Canadian Heritage committee  The federal government, in the cases of Quebec and B.C., I believe, has already come into a matching place through the OTP recommendations on some other projects. The Province of B.C. has stepped up with money to invest in high-performance sport at the level I just spoke of. The

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, to keep the momentum going after Sochi, unfortunately it's the same old question. It's going to require more money. As Mr. Miller said, the rest of the world is moving ahead. High performance is moving ahead, and that's increasingly expensive. Spending the same amount of m

Canadian Heritage committee  The money should continue to be invested in high-performance preparation for the games, but further in the development of youth, and specifically—and I'll pick up on something Mr. Miller said and something I feel very passionately about—the provincial governments play an exceedin

Canadian Heritage committee  I missed some of that, but I understand your question as being whether we have support for developing future Olympians. We are challenged. It has been a big challenge. Most of the resources we used to do this came from our corporate funding for investing in programming among th

Canadian Heritage committee  Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you. I appreciate the opportunity to come here today to speak to you about our preparation for Sochi. Canada Snowboard, I'm proud to say, does enjoy a lot of attention in Canada, and in the media, and in the action sports world. We are