Question Period Note: Discrimination and racism in sport

Sport Canada is working with stakeholders in the Canadian sport system to implement measures to prevent discrimination and racism, and promote equity, diversity, and inclusion in sport.

• We remain committed to promoting an environment where all Canadians can engage in sport, regardless of age, ability, race, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation.
• Our government is working with the sport community to foster a welcoming and inclusive environment for all participants.

• We will continue to support federally funded sport organizations to implement measures to create a sport system that ensures equity, diversity, and inclusion. In support of this, we announced renewed funding of $25.3 million over three years for gender equity in sport.

• Sport Canada has been engaging with the Federal Anti-Racism Secretariat and the 2SLGBTQI+ Secretariat, prior to embarking on a series of consultations, to support the development of an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.
• In September and October 2020, the Minister of Canadian Heritage and the Parliamentary Secretary for Canadian Heritage (Sport) held a series of roundtable discussions on sport on the following topics: Advancing Equity and Anti-Racism in the cultural, heritage and sport sectors; Indigenous Sport; Diversity Discussion on Women and 2SLGBTQI+; Recreational Sport; and High Performance sport.
• Through Budget 2021, the Government committed $80 million over two years, starting in 2022-23, to support community-based organizations to deliver organized sport projects for equity-seeking groups, in particular, Black, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQI+, and newcomers to Canada.
• In October 2022, the Minister of Sport and Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec held a roundtable with stakeholders on the topic of inclusion in sport as part of a pan-Canadian consultation process for the renewal of the Canadian Sport Policy.
• Following the roundtable, the Minister of Sport and Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec announced renewed funding of $25.3 million over three years for gender equity in sport. Funding will also be used to support activities that expand efforts to include other demographic groups that are underrepresented in sport including Black and racialized Canadians, 2SLGBTQI+ people, persons with a disability and newcomers to Canada.

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