When Kaillie Humphries was just six years old she saw Mark Tewksbury win a gold medal in the swimming pool and she was inspired to be an Olympian. 18 years later she got in a bobsled and won gold on a mountain. That is a legacy of Canadian Olympians.

And boy did we ever meet a great bunch this time around, eh? Alexandre Bilodeau, Clara Hughes, Virtue and Moir, Joannie Rochette, the list goes on and on. All amazing Canadians.

But now that the Olympics are over, all of these athletes are worried that the funding for amateur sport is gonna dry up. And you know what? They should be. Cause so far all signs out of Ottawa seem to indicate that the minute that flame goes out, the tap's getting turned off. And as we've been told it's a mighty big tap. Huge amounts of money!

And see this is the thing about governments; governments can take any amount of money and they can make it seem like a lot or a little. And we've been told over and over again that this government – this wonderful government – has spent over 55 million dollars over five years supporting amateur athletes. What a huge amount of money. Who's ever heard of such a sum? 55 million over five years. In fact it's the same amount of money this same government has spent in one year, in one Conservative riding, preparing for one G8 meeting. A meeting by the way that will last one day. Starts at nine, ends at five. And at the end of the day the only Canadian on a podium will be the prime minister. Never mind owning the podium this is more pass the Imodium.

And my guess is when the meeting's done, no six year old is gonna be inspired to be the best in the world at anything. That is the job of our Olympians. Team Canada did their job now it's time we do ours and make sure the bucks don't stop here.