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Location: Home - Sport Canada - Funding Programs | 2007-11-14 | ||||||||||||||||
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![]() Sport Canada Funding ProgramsThe Department of Canadian Heritage, as the entity within the federal government responsible for sport, works to advance sport within the context of Government of Canada priorities. Moreover, the Department is striving to establish Canada as a leading sport nation at home and abroad, where all Canadians and their communities enjoy, value and celebrate the benefits of active participation and excellence in sport. The mission of Sport Canada is to enhance opportunities for all Canadians to participate and excel in sport. This is achieved by enhancing the capacity of the Canadian sport system, encouraging participation in sport and enabling Canadians with talent and dedication to achieve excellence in international sport. The Government of Canada, in collaboration with its provincial/territorial partners, has confirmed the broad directions of the Canadian Sport Policy (CSP). The policy embodies four goals, each of which is accompanied by an associated goal statement: Enhanced Participation Enhanced Excellence Enhanced Capacity Enhanced Interaction To achieve the CSP goals, Sport Canada provides financial support through the following three programs, two of which include separate sub-components:
Due DiligenceIn delivering the funding programs and exercising accountability, government officials must apply the principles of due diligence. As defined by the Office of the Auditor General, due diligence is a term used to refer to the practice of ensuring “that funding decisions take all of the criteria set by the Treasury Board and a department into account and are based on reliable information.” On behalf of the Government of Canada, Sport Canada’s Program Officers are responsible for ensuring that decisions are based on complete, accurate, reliable and quality information. In addition, in order to demonstrate that due diligence has been effectively exercised when reviewing the applicant’s funding requests, Sport Canada’s Program Officers seek to ensure that the following key principles of due diligence are met and applied:
To contact Sport Canada: Sport CanadaLes Terrasses de la Chaudière Jules Léger Building 15 Eddy St., 16th Floor Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0M5 Phone: (819) 956-8003 Fax: (819) 956-8006 For more information, see the list of Sport Canada Contributions and Recipients.
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