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Hon. Neil Lumsden

  • MPP
  • Member of Provincial Parliament
  • Hamilton East—Stoney Creek
  • Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
  • Ontario
  • Unit 102 115 Hwy. 8   Stoney Creek, ON L8G 1C1
  • tel: 905-662-8755
  • fax: 905-662-0416
  • Neil.Lumsden@pc.ola.org

  • Government Page
  • Mar/8/23 11:10:00 a.m.

Thank you for the question, and I couldn’t agree with you more with respect to when it comes to our youth and sport. One of the biggest drivers for the development of young people in sport: learning how to deal with people, teammates, understanding direction, understanding that things aren’t easy and they’ve got to work through things.

When we talk about the funding of the PSOs, which we do in a very successful way in Ontario, we allow them to get better at the levels they want to—that they need to provide the services that they provide.

You asked about oversight. We don’t feel a need at this point to go into the books to find out what every minor hockey, football or soccer organization does. If there’s a problem, we will look into it, but at this point, it’s only speculation. So I can’t get into that right now with specifics, but I will tell you that our ministry supports minor sport for all the right reasons and will continue to do so in the province of Ontario.

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