Canadian Government and Sport Timeline
Category: Other
Updated: 5 Feb 2020
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Created byTia-Ly Pheng
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Heagerty ReportMinister of State for Fitness and Amateur Sport createdBill C-131 Act to Encourage Fitness and Amateur Sport enactedBill C-12 Physical Activity and Sport Act replaced Bill C-131National Physical Fitness Act of Canada (NPFAC) establishedCreation of a National Council of Physical FitnessNPFAC revoked after 10 yearsDuke of Edinburgh commented on Canada's low levels of fitnessFirst Canada GamesMontreal OlympicsCalgary OlympicsSeoul OlympicsBen Johnson doping scandalDublin InquiryCanadian Anti-Doping Agency (CADA) was createdCanadian Policy on Penalties for Doping in SportPosition of Minister of State for Fitness and Amateur Sport eliminatedSport Canada now under Department of Canadian Heritage; Fitness Canada now under Health CanadaSport Funding and Accountability Framework (SFAF) put in placeMills ReportYouth Training Act establishedKEY:
Orange: Policies, Acts and Bills.
Purple: Reports and Inquiries
Blue: Prime Ministers
Violet: Change in organizational structure
Red: World events
Black: Notable sporting events
Green: Time periods
Mint: Other notable eventsPhysical Fitness CrisisDebate in the House of Commons addressing national pride and low fitness levelsReport on the Task Force on Sports for Canadians establishedFormation in Coaches Association of Canada (CAC), Hockey Canada, and ParticipactionSport Canada Policy of Women in SportNative Sport and Recreational ProgramCanada and other countries boycott Moscow OlympicsDepartment of Health and Welfare createdCanada Sport PolicyWinter Olympics 1956
Cortina d'AmpezzoWinter Olympics 1960
Squaw ValleyPeriods
The Great DepressionWorld War IIEmergence PeriodConsolidation PeriodContenstation PeriodPM R.B. Bennett
(Conservative)PM L. St. Laurent
(Liberal)PM W.L. Mackenzie King
(Liberal)PM J. Diefenbaker
(Conservative)PM L.B. PearsonPM P. Trudeau
(Liberal)PM P. Trudeau
(Liberal)PM. J. Clark
(Conservative)PM J. Turner
(Liberal)PM B. Mulroney
(Conservative)PM K. Campbell
(Conservative)PM J. Chretien
(Liberal)PM P. Martin
(Liberal)PM S. Harper
(Conservative)PM J. Trudeau
(Liberal)Fiscal/Energy Crisis
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