Advocacy and Government Relations

 
The CSGA keeps a close eye on all government-related issues effecting sporting goods suppliers and retailers of all sizes. The CSGA plays an important role as the voice of the sporting goods industry in Canada. As part of its mission to grow the sporting goods industry in Canada, the CSGA is working with all levels of government to ensure legislation around health, sport and physical activity as well as trade has a positive impact on its members.

The CSGA is working toward the goal of increasing sports participation and the level of physical activity of Canadians.

The CSGA is currently working with a number of partners on these advocacy initiatives.

CSGA Supports Sport Matter’s Group

The SMG is a voluntary group of individuals who have come together to talk about the important contribution that sport makes to society, and to collaborate on various sport policy issues on an ad hoc basis. The Group has actively worked together on the Canadian Sport Policy, the new Sport and Physical Activity Act, and on increasing the resources available for sport in Canada.

To date, the SMG has been made up of over ninety sport leaders and organizations, including the CSGA, that have met regularly for over four years, and have been actively involved in tracking, reviewing and responding to sport policy issues as they arise.

More information: www.sportmatters.ca

CSGA supports HEALTH CANADA’S “Healthy Living CAMPAIGN”

The goal of this multi-faceted campaign is to increase the number of Canadian who are in good health by improving the conditions that support healthy living choices by 2015. Good health is defined as healthy living, physical activity and healthy weight.

The Campaign includes three elements: A national advertising campaign which combines healthy eating and physical activity in a series of dynamic advertisements for television.

A Healthy Living Sport Participation Website to provide information to enable families to take action on improving their eating and activity habits.  The site will be divided into sections: Home, School, Work and Community and will include tips and tricks, definitions, benefits of healthy living and sport participation as well as risks of a less healthy lifestyle. 

A seasonal magazine, Fall/Winter and Spring/Fall editions, will be distributed across Canada.