I was cleaning some of my emails when I came upon this and realised I had not put it here, wher it should actuiall have belonged.

The Honourable Carla Qualtrough Minister of Sport and Physical Activity

The Honourable Marci Ien Minister for Women and gender equality and youth

The Honourable Jenna Sudds Minister of Families, Children and Social Development

I appreciate that here in Canada the interest in sports is basically Ice Hockey, Baseball, Basketball and Canadian Football (such a ridiculous name) performed by men and has been for way too long. In spite of this the women’s Ice Hockey Team has been very successful and one would have thought that with such a feminist government (or one that claims to be) more attention would be paid to women in sport generally.

As an avid supporter (and fairly good amateur player some years ago now) of the beautiful game I have been watching the Women’s Football World Cup from down under.  I have been impressed by the skill and enthusiasm shown by previously unknown countries in this tournament and the general skill on show. The fact that major countries have been defeated by lesser-known teams is exciting and bodes well for the future for this sport.

Regretfully our national team, which won Gold in the last Olympics, was woefully unsupported.  Not only were they match starved but did not even know how or if they would be paid.  It was not surprising to me that they lost in the first round in spite of their best efforts. It was clear to me that they were very short of practice of playing with each other and that is essential in any sport, especially when so much depends on understanding the other players on the team.  In any sport practice alone is not enough, real game experience is needed.

It is unfortunate that money which could have been spent to better prepare our National team for this major tournament was spent instead to support the Nazi efforts to kill and generally maim the people and destroy the infrastructure of the Donbas region of previously declared independent states now part of Russia by their choice.

It is a great puzzle to me why our government supports a toxic proxy war rather than the needs of the Canadian people, but I guess that is what Klaus Schwab asks for.

Do we want to be able to defend our Olympic title?  It appears not.   As minor ministers vaguely responsible for things other than the proxy war or problematic “Climate Change” taxation, perhaps you can prise some money from the clutches of your fellow women (Freeland and Anand) and rescue the Canadian Women’s Football team in time for them to actually make a defense of their title.

If you cannot do that then save the money and don’t send them to be humiliated in France next year.

They deserve more than that as women and athletes.

Jeremy