Health committee  Last week, we announced the Upflift partnership, which I mentioned. The partnership brings together all school boards in Nova Scotia, including the board that represents the Mi'kmaq communities in the province. I gather that the adaptations are based on the school. In some commu

Health committee  Yes. The framework is there, but the implementation is in the development stage. It's in everyone's interest to systematically share lessons learned and to know where things work for different populations or sub-populations and why they work. We've enhanced this sharing process i

Health committee  Thank you.

Health committee  I'll start by answering the funding questions. I'll then give the floor to Mr. MacKenzie for the research questions.

Health committee  We were very pleased with the funding because, at about the same time as the common vision, there was an investment in ParticipACTION. You'll soon be hearing from its president, Elio Antunes. The federal government allocated $25 million, and partners in other sectors doubled the

Health committee  It's an investment spread over a five-year period. It's a new investment.

Health committee  Yes.

Health committee  Yes.

Health committee  Our programming already provides a funding base for multi-sectoral partnerships that focus on physical activity, healthy eating and tobacco use. This is our core programming. However, ParticipACTION's investment has been added over a five-year period.

Health committee  We have open programming. The projects often focus on groups where there's less physical activity or a lack of healthy eating. Even though the program is open, this is often the case. Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada is one example. Kid Food Nation is another example. The UpLift pa

Health committee  We don't only provide money to the provinces as part of our programming. The money is for the projects. This doesn't involve a transfer of money to the provinces per se. The common vision wasn't a transfer of money to the provinces. It's a policy framework. Other funding projects

Health committee  That initiative is expected to wrap up in August of 2019. Part of what we do with any of our funded projects is seek partners for sustainable funding. I don't have that report with me right here, but certainly readiness to scale up is a feature of any of our projects. It's very m

Health committee  I'm not sure I can give you a straight-up answer on that. What I will say is that the research community in Canada and elsewhere is very interested in that. There is a real push for active, outdoor play as a complement to more structured activities, such as dance or sport. There

Health committee  Within our team's multisectoral partnerships funding initiative, family is often a feature of some of the funded projects. We do not currently have a family-targeted initiative, but through some of our agency's children's programs, we do support more vulnerable families for healt

Health committee  Absolutely. I have the pleasure of supporting Dr. Tam as part of following up on her work on a healthy built environment. We've taken a very intentional approach in using that report to mobilize action, both across the federal family and with other levels within the country. In