Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  I think one of the unfortunate parts within the sport system in Canada is that there isn't an equivalent for officials of the Coaching Association of Canada. We are looking within every national sport organization, trying to get into the officiating side, and that is one of the

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Could we also thank the committee for the excellent work? We've been impressed with whom you've had.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  I think what we've seen in professional sport is that lawsuits and public opinion are the two elements that have driven some professional sports to change the behaviour within their leagues. I think you continue to see that. As well, there are workmen's compensation claims that g

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  It's a difficult yes or no—sorry. I think up to this point we have been requiring it. Can we make it more stringent now? Yes.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  From the Sport Canada perspective, we don't lobby professional sport organizations. I think what we would say on those, and where we look at the prevention piece coming forward with national sport organizations, of which Hockey Canada would be one, is that they are actually looki

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  I'll turn it over to Gerry in a second. I hate to sound like a broken record on some of this, but in the five years moving towards a harmonized approach, this has been very important. Now everybody can, as you had said, start rowing in the same direction. Before that point, there

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  I'm sorry if I didn't bring that out to a bigger piece. Certainly, Gerry and our friends over at the Public Health Agency of Canada also have pieces, but one of the big groups that we've been working through in order to get that into the hands of both practitioners and athletes—a

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Within the sport funding framework, we have a number of different things that we tie back. The sport funding framework provides the core funding for all the national sport organizations, multi-sport organizations and the Canadian sport centre. One of the things we are continuing

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  That's exactly what we would be looking at, yes.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  There are plans afoot. In short order we'll be looking at that.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  In the general area of safe sport, it is one of the areas we had looked at in the previous funding framework, but specifically on concussions, we are looking at it and moving that forward.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  As you probably saw, the other part of my portfolio deals with national celebrations and that type of work. We see how those types of weeks and months do work in bringing attention to other types of activities that we have, whether it's promoting something on the Canadian heritag

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  In fact, very quickly, it's through making presentations to ministers of education and when they get together at—

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Yes, absolutely.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Ladies and gentlemen members of the committee, good evening. My name is Andrew Campbell, and I am the senior assistant deputy minister at Canadian Heritage for the sport sector. Sport Canada falls under my responsibility and continues to be a key component