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A Word from your Chair
Seasons
Greetings to all CAL Members:
As many of you are aware, Ministers
Dosanjh and Bennett announced on October 12th that the federal government
has committed to contributing $300 million dollars to the Healthy Living
Promotion Strategy. This amount is to be spent over the next five years –
to see a complete breakdown, click
here. To view the release issued by the Public Health Agency of Canada
(PHAC), click
here.
Of importance to our physical activity organizations,
there is no longer dedicated funding for physical activity through the
Physical Activity Grants and Contribution Fund. The fund has recently been
replaced by the Healthy Living Fund ($27.6 million over five years and
$7.15 million per year ongoing). These numbers translate into
approximately $5.5 million per year. The amount is to be invested in
physical activity and healthy eating initiatives that have
community-level, regional, national and international impact.
CAL member organizations should note
that there will opportunities to access other funding envelopes. We, at
CAL,
have yet to receive specific details. Details around initiating RFP's,
deadlines for submissions and dates for releasing the funds have not been
determined but should be announced in the very near future. CAL will keep all
members posted.
The CAL board met in October and will meet
again in early December. We are busy updating the Pan-Canadian Physical
Activity Strategy and planning our submission for the 2006-07 fiscal. We
look forward to seeing you all at our CAL Annual General Meeting on
February 10 in Ottawa. Please mark this date in your
calendars. Details of the program will be provided after our board meeting
in December.
Please watch for our election strategy which will be
available shortly.
On behalf of the CAL board, I want to extend our very
best wishes for a safe and joyous holiday season.
Rick
Bell
Chair, CAL Board of Directors
Policy
Watch
CAL's Policy
Watch website identifies, communicates and recommends appropriate
responses to policies of national significance affecting the physical
activity status of Canadians. Click
here for details on the following policy highlights recently submitted
to the site:
Provincial Policies
- Healthy U Program
-
Alberta
Active Living Strategy
- Ontario plans mandatory school
exercise
- Daily Physical Activity Initiative
- New Tax Incentive to
Get Young People Moving
Municipal Policies
- Active
Edmonton
Interested in commenting on any of these
policies or in contributing new policies to CAL's Policy Watch?
Contact us at info@activeliving.ca.
CAL's new Policy Watch website was
launched in 2005. Click
here for more information.
Physical
Activity Community Raises Red Flag
On October
19th, CAL, on behalf of the physical
activity community, raised a red flag upon hearing that the federal
government had decided to ignore Honourable Paul DeVillers'
recommendations around proposed investments and structures to tackle the
physical inactivity crisis in Canada. A news release was
issued (click
here to view the release) and distributed to all national French and
English media.
The release attracted some media attention. James
Christie of the Globe and Mail wrote an article on October 26th and an
interview with DeViller was aired on CBC radio's The Current. Please
contact Aurélie Walsh to
request a copy of the article or radio
interview.
Members’
Corner
The Heart
and Stroke Foundation of Canada commissioned a meta-analysis of several
major Canadian and International reviews on the effectiveness of
interventions to reduce obesity. The report was funded by a Public Health
Agency of Canada grant. Click
here to read the report.
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Contents
A Word
from you Chair
Policy
Watch
Physical Activity Community Raises
Red Flag
What's New?
CAL
is growing
Members’
Corner
WHAT'S
NEW?
We have
updated our key messages, click
here to read them.
Mark Your Calendar
The CAL members meeting will be in Ottawa on February 10, 2006. Please mark your
calendars!
Available Soon: CAL's Election Strategy
Please watch for our election strategy which will be available
shortly.
CAL Board Members
Rick Bell,
(Chair)
Mike Arthur
Christa Costas-Bradstreet
Douglas G.
Cripps
Nancy Dubois
P. Douglas Lafreniere
Patricia
Marturano
Marie-Claire Pierce
Click here
to learn more about CAL's board
members.
CAL
is growing
CAL now has 99
organizational members and 704 individual members!
Click here
for a list of our organizational members and government
partners.
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