CHER Committee Report
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| Section 1: High-performance Athletes and National
Sport Organizations |
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| 1. | The government continue its policy and funding support for amateur sport generally. Specifically, and repeating a recommendation from the 1992 Minister's Task Force on Sport Policy, the federal government should provide a substantial federal commitment to and support for, the future of sport in Canada over the long term, in keeping with its current and potential contribution and benefits to Canada. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| 2. | Those responsible for administering federal funds ensure that all organizations in receipt of government funding for sport meet specified ethical standards. Ethical criteria for the funding or support of professional sports should be the same as ethical criteria for the funding of amateur sport, including provisions for drug-free sport. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| 3. | The federal government continue to support and fund the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, an independent agency responsible for the promotion, monitoring and evaluation of ethics in sport, including stable and sufficient funding for Canada's drug-free sport program. That part of a national strategy for ethics in sport include the establishment of an ethics-in-sport legacy to ensure the necessary independence, stability and sustainability of Canada's ethics in sport program. | 2.1 | 10.5 | ||
| 4. | The number of national sport organizations eligible for federal funding be increased. (A minimum funding level of $100,000 per year would allow national sport organizations representing Olympic sports to provide a basic level of service to their athletes and maintain a limited program.) | 1 | 5 | ||
| 5. | The carding eligibility requirements be changed to provide funding to all qualified national team athletes regardless of the funding status of the national sport organization. | 0.65 | 3.2 | ||
| 6. | National high performance training centres allow access to non-carded national team athletes. | Estimate not available | -- | ||
| 7. | The Government of Canada support the continuing development of high-quality coaching in Canada through programs like the National Coaching Institute and set up a longer-term coaching endowment of 5 million to ensure stability within coaching. | -- | 5 | ||
| 8. | The Finance Department examine the possibility of creating a non-refundable high performance sport tax credit to help parents to meet the significant expenses associated with the development of high-performance athletes. | 4 | 20 | ||
| Section 2: Sponsorship | |||||
| 9. | Amateur sport sponsorship be encouraged by allowing, for a two-year period, a 150% tax deduction (currently 100%) for small business corporate sponsorship. | Estimate not available | -- | ||
| 10. | A sport marketing advisory board be created to promote sport sponsorship. | Estimate not available | -- | ||
| Section 3: Sport Facility Infrastructure | |||||
| 11. | The Government of Canada, in conjunction with provincial and municipal governments, undertake a sports facility infrastructure program to improve and increase the number of facilities; this will encourage growth at the grassroots level and allow for the staging of high-level and profitable international events. Federal maximum contribution for the whole program should be capped at $100 million. | -- | 100 | ||
| Section 4: Canada Lands | |||||
| 12. | All real estate properties sold by Canada Lands Company stipulate that a fixed percentage of the property (20%) be allocated for recreational use and that the purchaser make a commitment to developing and operating such recreational facilities. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| Section 5: Hosting Major Sport Events | |||||
| 13. | Canada bid for one major multi-sport games (Olympics, Commonwealth Games) or significant single-sport event (World Cup of Soccer, World Hockey Championship) in each decade in keeping with our proud history of staging multi-sport events. Moreover, provided Canada meets the International Federation of Association Football (IFAF) requirement of 9 stadiums of 50,000 places with natural grass, the Government of Canada should strike a Sub-Committee for determining the viability of developing a bid to host the IFAF World Cup in 2010. | Estimate not available | -- | ||
| 14. | Sport Canada examine the possibility of increasing the frequency of hosting the Canada Games. | Estimate not available | -- | ||
| 15. | The Government of Canada continue to play a strong role in the Canada Games program and should encourage continued funding and policy support, in view of the role of the Games in advancing public policy. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| Section 6: Encouraging Accessibility of Sport
and Physical Activities |
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| A. Sport Development Fiscal Incentive | |||||
| 16. | Eligibility for charitable tax deductions be extended to qualified provincial/territorial level not-for-profit sport organizations. | Estimate not available | -- | ||
| 17. | The Finance Department examine the possibility of creating a non-refundable child sport tax credit to encourage parents to register their children in local sport and recreational programs, and help alleviate the cost of sport equipment. | 64.3 | 321.5 | ||
| 18. | The Finance Department examine the possibility of creating a non-refundable tax credit for annual fees up to $1,000 paid by volunteers in taking coaching, officiating or first aid courses connected to amateur sport. | 2 | 8 | ||
| B. School Sport and C. University Sport | |||||
| 19. | The Government of Canada recognize the valuable role schools play in the grassroots development of sport in Canada. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| 20. | The Government of Canada continue to endorse the program "Quality Daily Physical Education" of the Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| 21. | School sport programs be expanded to encourage the participation of more students, regardless of gender, economic status and ability. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| 22. | The Government of Canada work with the provinces/territories and the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union to develop a system of student awards for athletes to support post-secondary athletes attending Canadian universities or colleges. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| D. Women in Sport | |||||
| 23. | The Government of Canada use the infusion of $50 million into Canada's sport system to benefit underrepresented groups, in order to ensure that opportunities for girls and women are on a par with those for boys and men. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| 24. | The Government of Canada establish a tracking system to ensure that a fair portion of the new funding does in fact reach the targeted underrepresented groups. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| 25. | The Government of Canada continue to collect gender-based statistics through the initiatives noted above; that a verification process be established to ensure the accuracy of the data; that additional funding incentives be provided to those sport organizations which deliver equitable services, and that penalties be assessed against those that do not. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| 26. | The Government of Canada, as a major funder of the new system of national sport centres, enact three criteria for ongoing funding; significant representation by women on the boards of directors; programming that serves the unique needs of women and the other underrepresented groups; and higher numbers of apprenticeship and employment opportunities for women coaches. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| 27. | In support of Canada's hosting of the 2002 World Conference on Women and Sport, that the Government of Canada involve other government departments, especially those concerned with women's health, violence against women, and human rights; and that a financial legacy in the form of grants and scholarships to girls and women be established. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| 28. | The Government of Canada build on the initiatives begun in January 1997 to eradicate harassment and abuse from Canadian sport, and continue to support activities that make sport safer and more accessible to girls and women. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| 29. | The Sport Facility Infrastructure Program be developed to ensure accessible programs that encourage participation and provide "catch-up" funding for girls and women. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| 30. | The Government of Canada offer a program of incentives or tax breaks to Canadian manufacturers that develop, market, and export female-friendly equipment. | 10 | 50 | ||
| E. Sport for people with disabilities | |||||
| 31. | Further steps be taken to encourage the integration of disabled persons into sports-governing bodies. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| F. Aboriginal People and Sport | |||||
| 32. | The Government of Canada, as recommended in the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, establish and fund an Aboriginal sports and recreation advisory council to advise all levels of government on how to best meet sports and recreation needs in Aboriginal communities. | Estimate not available | -- | ||
| 33. | The Government of Canada, in collaboration with provincial/territorial governments, the Coaching Association of Canada and the Aboriginal Sport Circle develop funding strategies and technical support to increase the accessibility of the National Coaching Certification Program and to develop a certification program more in touch with Aboriginal realities and culture. | Estimate not available | -- | ||
| 34. | The Government of Canada work with the provinces, territories and the Assembly of First Nations to develop a funding framework for the North American Indigenous Games. | Estimate not available | -- | ||
| 35. | The Government of Canada work with the provinces and territories to assure adequate funding for the Aboriginal sport bodies. | Estimate not available | -- | ||
| Section 7: Professional Sport | |||||
| 36. | The sport pact be initiated to protect, enhance and promote the vitality and stability of professional sport in Canada. | Estimate not available | -- | ||
| Section 8: Broadcasting (Sport and Media) | |||||
| 37. | The CRTC not authorize any more foreign programming services with strong U.S. sports components for broadcast in Canada. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| 38. | The government work with the media to create a broad-based public awareness campaign which speaks to the benefits of sport and recreation. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| 39. | The CRTC extend mandatory simultaneous signal substitution tospecialty services. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| 40. | The government direct the CBC/Radio-Canada to broadcast more sporting events involving Canada's national teams rather than the restricted window of events they currently present. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| 41. | The CRTC encourage broadcasters to co-operate in providing Canadians with the best possible Canadian programming. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| 42. | The CRTC initiate a study of sport on Canadian television. The purpose would be (1) to analyze Canadian sport content compared with American sport content (programming involving Canadian teams or athletes) on channels available in Canada and (2) to evaluate the market share of broadcast Canadian sport. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| 43. | Radio-Canada/CBC be required to broadcast a minimum number of hours of amateur sport in both official languages and the actual number of hours broadcast be equivalent on both networks. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| 44. | The federal government implement, for a two-year period, a 150% tax credit for firms that advertise on Canadian amateur sport programs broadcast by specialty services. | Estimate not available | -- | ||
| Section 9: Government Coordination, Collaboration
and Programming |
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| A. Intergovernmental and Intersectoral Collaboration
and Coordination |
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| 45. | The government establish a separate department responsible for sport in keeping with the significant role of sport in Canadian society. The mandate of this department would include the development of high-performance athletes as well as sport for all and responsibility for mobilizing and coordinating all the resources involved in the Canadian sport sector. The funding directed to the development of sport for youth, communities and specific populations across Canada be increased by $10 million. | 10 | 50 | ||
| 46. | The federal government examine its relationship with
the national sport community in keeping with the evolution and maturity
of the national sport system. Furthermore and in consultation with all
stakeholders, the government should consider the creation of a new mechanism
which would allow for more formal consultation and collaboration with stakeholders
in the sport system. This new organization would include the following
characteristics:
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Estimate not available | -- | ||
| 47. | The division of responsibility and coordination of both facets of the sport system, grassroots and high performance continue to be addressed through the federal and provincial/territorial ministers responsible for sport. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| 48. | The Fitness and Amateur Sport Act (enacted in 1961) be updated. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| 49. | The Government of Canada, as part of a millennium sport development program, organize a national sport summit to be chaired by the Prime Minister of Canada and held annually in Ottawa, and involving amateur sport groups, coaches, sport manufacturers, professional sport franchises, major media and government agencies. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| 50. | A Prime Minister's council for health and fitness be created. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| 1. Data Collection on the Sport Sector | |||||
| 51. | Statistics Canada develop the effective information infrastructure for National Sport Statistics as recommended in The Vitality of the Sport Sector in Canada (Statistics Canada, 1998 (b)) and make as a priority the implementation of the six strategies outlined in its recommendation. A report on the development of National Sport Statistics should be presented annually to a House of Commons standing committee responsible for sport to allow it to monitor the development of the strategies over the implementation period. | Estimate not available | -- | ||
| 2. Human Resources Development for Coaches | |||||
| 52. | Human Resources Development Canada work in partnership with the Coaching Association of Canada to perform an extensive study on the labour market for coaching in Canada in order to assess the labour market conditions pertaining to coaching occupations. | Estimate not available | -- | ||
| 53. | Human Resources Development Canada work with the Coaching Association of Canada to develop a community business plan for hiring professional coaches under the Job-creation Partnerships Program. | Estimate not available | -- | ||
| 3. The Sporting Goods Industry | |||||
| 54. | Industry Canada continue to track and provide current information on the development of the domestic and foreign sporting goods market, the trends for the next year, and the proper strategic positioning to be developed by Canadian manufacturers. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| 55. | Industry Canada continue to work in developing co-operation and partnership among the sporting goods manufacturers and research and development laboratories in order to use new technologies for producing high-performing sporting equipment. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| 4. Horse Racing Industry | |||||
| 56. | The Department of Finance undertake negotiations to change the current tax treaty between Canada and the U.S. to ensure that Canadian betting in Canada on races in the United States will be subject to the Canadian tax laws rather than U.S. regulations. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| 57. | The Minister of Finance examine the possibility of amending the Income Tax Act so that the losses incurred by horse breeders and owners receive the same tax treatment as losses incurred by any other businesses in Canada. | Estimate not available | -- | ||
| 58. | The Minister of Justice examine the possibility of amending the Criminal Code paragraph 204(1)(c) to add the words or any other telecommunications devices after the words telephone calls. This would allow the horse racing industry to take advantage of emerging new technology to allow wagers directly into betting pools hosted by Canadians tracks, over mediums such as the Internet or digital satellite television. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| 5. Sports Wagering | |||||
| 59. | The Minister of Justice establish a task force to investigate the economic and social impacts of sports wagering in Canada and to study the feasibility of legalizing it. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| 6. International Sport Policy | |||||
| 60. | The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade work with the national sport organizations to develop strategies to encourage Canadian corporations to sponsor Canadian international-level athletes who could promote their overseas business. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| 61. | The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade work with the sport community to develop an international sport strategy for promoting international tourism, foreign investment and the world-class status of Canadian cities through major sport franchises and major games. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| B. Government Programming | |||||
| 1. Programs for Athletes | |||||
| 62. | The Government of Canada, in conjunction with the provinces and territories, take action to create mechanisms for ensuring fairness in the selection of national teams and access to participation in sport and fitness activities by all Canadians. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| 63. | The government ensure that top-level athletes have more control over the system by encouraging sports organizations to give them significant decision-making strength in those issues that affect them. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| 64. | The Government of Canada ensure the development and delivery of services and programs in both official languages. | No additional cost | 0 | ||
| 2. Sport Medicine and Research | |||||
| 65. | Mechanisms be established that will make it possible to ensure that physiological and biomechanical monitoring of athletes becomes more accessible so as to reduce the temptation to use drugs. | Estimate not available | -- | ||
| 66. | The Government of Canada create a program designed to educate youngsters about safety in sport. | Estimate not available | -- | ||
| 67. | The Government of Canada establish a research fund for projects that study the causes, effects and prevention of all injuries in sport, particularly those that are catastrophic. | 1 | 5 | ||
| 68. | The Government of Canada invest in specific sport research determined by sports stakeholders and that research contracts be awarded to university institutions. A formal mechanism would be needed for coordinating research and distributing findings. | Estimate not available | -- | ||
| Total Estimated Cost | 578.2 | ||||
| Section 10: New Financing for Sport in Canada
"The Millenium Sport Bond" |
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| 69. | The Government of Canada, in collaboration with the provinces, establish a millennium sport bond program to generate funds for amateur sport in Canada. | Estimate not available | -- | ||