A priority of the Government of Canada is to remove barriers to sport among under-represented populations to increase their participation.
Today, Adam van Koeverden, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health and to the Minister of Sport, highlighted $31,886 in financial support for community sport activities to 32 local organizations in the Kitchener-Waterloo region. The funding is being distributed by national-level organizations receiving funding through the Community Sport for All Initiative.
The sport activities organized by the funded groups working on the ground-ranging from skiing and soccer to volleyball and martial arts-will help reduce barriers that hinder participation in sport, particularly in Black, Indigenous and racialized communities or among 2SLGBTQI+ groups, people with low incomes, newcomers, and persons with disabilities.
Parliamentary Secretary van Koeverden made this announcement on behalf of the Honourable Pascale St-Onge, Minister of Sport and Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec.
