Disturbed by the following in the Globe and Mail today, I wrote to Coderre
and cc'd the email to several other Liberal MPs, my own MP Jean Crowder
(NDP), and Senator Hugh Segal:

Some back Participactions's return despite costs
By GLORIA GALLOWAY 
Tuesday, October 3, 2006 – Page A7

OTTAWA -- Some in the fitness industry say they would support the return of
Participaction -- the federally funded program to promote physical fitness
-- despite concerns inside Health Canada that it would mean millions of
dollars misspent.

Liberal MP Denis Coderre, who regretted the loss of the program in 2001 when
he was the minister of amateur sport, said that he is "totally in favour of
seeing it revived.

"At the end, the way it was working, it was not working at all. But you need
a Participaction," Mr. Coderre said in a telephone interview...

Full article: http://tinyurl.com/gu99f

My email to the MPs and senator:

To the Honourable Denis Coderre:

We read with interest your comments in today's Globe and Mail regarding
Participaction and strongly object to your support of reviving the program.

The population most at risk for ill health due to obesity and malnutrition
happens to be the lowest income group. It's not only insulting to suppose
that these Canadians aren't already aware of the 'eat right and exercise'
message, but it's ludicrous and immoral to consider spending $6 million plus
on reviving Participaction while 15.5% of Canadians can't afford to buy
healthy food or enroll in fitness programs, or outfit themselves and find
the hours from their low-paid toil for same.

Chrystal Ocean, Coordinator.
Wellbeing through Inclusion Socially & Economically
http://www.wise-bc.org/
250-748-8093

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