Health committee  I'll let that stand. I think that was very well said.

Health committee  Specifically to the Community Sport for All initiative, those applications are in our hands now, and we're assessing them. That money will be going out the door within the next few weeks, so I can't tell you exactly what we have funded, but certainly we have a long-standing relat

Health committee  Absolutely.

Health committee  Yes, we have a 2022 report card. I provided it to the clerk, but it hasn't been distributed yet. We can certainly do that after the meeting.

Health committee  Yes, with this particular funding program, the intent was to provide as much of that funding to local organizations for programming, so we were limited, I believe, to 15% for administrative, operational and programming costs. Out of the $4.6 million that ParticipACTION received,

Health committee  We currently have funding relationships with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Government of Saskatchewan. We did have a long-standing relationship with the B.C. Ministry of Health, but that has ended and was not renewed; there was a change of government there a

Health committee  Yes. Absolutely. Schools need to implement quality daily physical education. We need to value physical education and physical activity like we do math, science and all of the other core subjects. Absolutely. I would suggest, though, that we have to support schools in the commun

Health committee  Absolutely. In delivering sport and physical activity, all three levels of government need to work in collaboration. The federal government has a strong leadership role to play. However, yes, a lot of the programs and facilities are certainly controlled by municipalities. A nu

Health committee  Yes, it's ending at this point in time.

Health committee  We're advocating that there be funding, like many other organizations. Based on the way the funding programs are, our point of origin for funding advocacy is through the budget process. We've been working hard and speaking to many of your colleagues around support for renewed fun

Health committee  It's been 52 years.

Health committee  That's correct.

Health committee  As I mentioned in my remarks, to address this issue requires the support of many different organizations. Participaction alone can't solve the physical inactivity crisis, but we play an important part, along with our various partners. Our focus has been to keep this issue at th

Health committee  I mentioned that physical inactivity levels are at 28%, down 11% from before the pandemic. We weren't doing a great job with kids and their physical activity before the pandemic, but it's even worse now. Along with all the things I just said about active kids being healthier ki

Health committee  On the other side of the equation, our program leaders also need to ensure that programs that are offered are relevant and culturally appropriate to newcomers. As much as we want to integrate people into our traditional sports, we should also be looking at ways to expand what we