National Roundtables on Future High Performance Sport Funding

CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

April 16, 2004

Chair:

The Honourable Stan Keyes
Minister of State (Sport)

Main Themes

• On-going support and resources
• Long-term development and monitoring
• World class coaching
• Access to high performance facilities
• Access to sport science and research
• Long-term investment in sport system
• Ability to train full-time without having to worry about supporting their basic needs
• Ability to train with other high performance/world class athletes or as a team
• Focus on success attained by National Sport Organizations
• Support for coaching development
• Consider carding for coaches
• Building new and enhancing existing training facilities
• Training groups for targetted athletes and sports
• Increased investment into development programs
• Increase the opportunity for athletes to compete at the international level
• Collaborate on resources, planning, and monitoring
• Raise the profile of amateur sport in Canada, increased community support
• Develop a long-term plan for funding, long-term commitment to the sport system
• Eliminate duplication of services and programs

Other Comments

• The Canada Games was mentioned a number of times as a key development component.
• Training and development of officials was mentioned as a component that needs more focus.
• Several comments highlighted the need to focus beyond the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic games, and on summer sports as well as winter sports.
• There was consensus among participants that medals should not be the only measurement of success.
• Several comments highlighted the need to focus on grass roots development and building a ‘talent-pool' in order to feed the high performance system.
• Participants agreed with the notion of targetting, however, they did not achieve consensus on choosing to target between athletes or NSOs.
• Significant discussion focused on the need for collaboration between the sport community and the education system both through government and community partnership.