Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. I think you hit the nail on the head in a sense that parents do role-model behaviour for kids, and children take their lead from their parents. In my own life, I try to run fairly regularly, when the weather permits, for my kids to see that. I think that increasingly our phi

Canadian Heritage committee  I can speak to that because I happen to work in the same building as the woman who runs the Canada Games. She has talked to me of her plans to make the Canada Games feature in a big way at the 150th anniversary. She and I have talked about how we could weave in a school dimension

Canadian Heritage committee  I think it starts from a recognition that this is a problem that exists in every jurisdiction in the country from coast to coast. While education is formally a provincial area of jurisdiction, I think that when there's an instance where it's happening in every subregion of the co

Canadian Heritage committee  I think over time. As Senator Raine has pointed out, we do need some kind of a symbolic day here first of all to engage and mobilize Canadians, but over time I think something like that could be beneficial.

Canadian Heritage committee  We already have begun to promote it through our website and through e-blasts to our membership. My board president has been very active in promoting it in her schools. Once it's proclaimed and given royal assent, we will be even more active in pushing it out to schools and to our

Canadian Heritage committee  In the promotion of the event the last few years, we at PHE Canada have promoted to teachers and the school system that they get active with their classes, and a number of them have done that. Informally speaking, I think it's going to be seen over time as health and fitness day

Canadian Heritage committee  I think there is a shared recognition that this is a non-partisan issue and that it goes to matters affecting the dollars that are going to be left for discretionary expenditure if we don't get a grip on this issue. All parties of all political persuasions recognize that at the p

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members, for the opportunity to speak with you today in support of Bill S-211, an act to establish a national day to promote health and fitness for all Canadians. What makes me excited about national health and fitness day is that it is focused on sol