Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, for the opportunity to present here today. I think you're going to hear a bit of a change of pace from what you've already heard from the other presenters here on the panel. I'm going to begin our presentation, and then I'm g

Canadian Heritage committee  And don't be afraid to have the payback come further down the road than some other ROI might be.

Canadian Heritage committee  I think Chris Jones made some reference to this as well. A greater investment in prevention from a health care perspective is needed, given some of the numbers we've both talked about, and Senator Greene Raine as well, where we're looking at serious economic challenges down the r

Canadian Heritage committee  Investing more and—

Canadian Heritage committee  There are probably a few of those. I think disadvantaged groups need extra attention. Those might be those at the lower income levels. Those might be first nations, as Senator Greene Raine just alluded to. I think there needs to be extra attention paid to those types of groups to

Canadian Heritage committee  Definitely, to answer that question, if we can scale it out to a community level, a local grassroots level, that's the way to have an impact on the largest number of Canadians. In my view, one of the places to start is at the municipal government level. I know there are some disc

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good day, everyone. Bonjour, tout le monde. First of all, thank you for the invitation to appear before the committee. It is truly appreciated and I hope that I'm able to add some value to your discussions about national health and fitness day in Canad