Translation of "Organisme directeur de sport " (French → English) :

Legislation is needed that would prohibit activities by an international body without the sanction, approval, and/or involvement of the Canadian sport governing body.

They're the only sport governing body in Canada that has that right, and it's enshrined in legislation.

To take into account EU policy in the field of the promotion of fairness and openness in sporting competitions and cooperation between bodies responsible for sports, and the protection of the physical and moral integrity of sport or sportspeople through the protection of the integrity of sport against the manipulation of sports results, in particular:

that successive EU Presidencies have organised a number of informal meetings of Sport Ministers and Sport Directors.

The True Sport Secretariat coordinates the implementation of this strategy and since May 2003, has been guided by a steering committee of experts from various areas of sports, which include the following: AthletesCAN, the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, the Canadian Olympic Committee, the Coaching Association of Canada, national sports organizations, officials, three provincial and territorial governments, the federal government through Sport Canada, and provincial and territorial sports organizations through the Canadian Council of Provincial/Territorial Sport Federations.

- developing the European dimension in sport, by promoting fairness and openness in sporting competitions and cooperation between bodies responsible for sports, and by protecting the physical and moral integrity of sportsmen and sportswomen, especially the youngest sportsmen and sportswomen.