The Government of Canada is committed to supporting Canadians from the playground to the podium as well as helping Canadians get active, inspire young people and bring people together in the spirit of healthy competition.
Today, the Honourable Pascale St-Onge, Minister of Sport and Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, announced $4,819,767 in funding for Curling Canada for 2022-23, including $50,500 for safety in sport.
The investment will help the organization with its daily operations, promote curling among all Canadians, and support high-performance athletes competing at the national and international levels. This Curling Canada funding also includes $75,000 to host the 2022 Pan-Continental Curling Championships in Calgary from October 31 to November 6, 2022.
The safety in sport investment is part of the government's ongoing work with sport organizations to ensure a safe sport environment for athletes across Canada. The annual funding will help national sport organizations meet important governance, accountability and safe sport standards, such as:
- Using the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner as their independent third-party mechanism to address allegations of maltreatment;
- offering mandatory training to athletes and coaches as well as supporting staff to prevent and address maltreatment; and
- integrating the Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent and Address Maltreatment in Sport into their organizational policies and procedures.
As the largest investor in Canada's sport system, the Government of Canada is proud its investments in support of Canadian athletes, in the national and multisport organizations that support them, and in international sport events held in this country.
