Dwight Duncan

Ontario Liberals Announce $50 Million Transitional Fund For Horse Racing; OHRIA Responds

A release from the Liberal government on Thursday officially announced the transitional fund established to "help the horse racing industry transition from the Slots at Racetracks program to a more su...

Liberals Grilled After Fort Erie To Close On Their Watch

The news of the announced closure of the 115-year-old Fort Erie Race Track was still reverberating Wednesday, June 6 in the Provincial Legislature when MPP Monte McNaughton took aim at the Ontario Lib...

Fort Erie To Close December 31

The Fort Erie Live Racing Consortium voted on Tuesday, June 5 at its annual general meeting to close the 115-year-old Fort Erie Race Track for good on December 31, 2012.

"My Ontario Includes Horse Racing"

The Ontario Equestrian Federation (OEF) reiterated its support for the Ontario horse racing industry in a statement on Wednesday and has issued a call to action in an effort to motivate the equestrian...

Liberals Remain Vague; Transitional Funding "Coming Soon"

On Tuesday, June 5 in the Ontario Legislature, Finance Minister Dwight Duncan and Agricultural Minister Ted McMeekin were grilled over the lack of consultation with the provincial horse-racing industr...

Liberals Kibosh Ontario Place As Possible Casino Location

In a significant decision which could prove to be very favourable for the provincial horse-racing industry, the Ontario Liberal Government announced on Wednesday, June 6 that it has scrapped any plans...

Fort Erie To Prepare To Close

According to Jim Thibert, at the Fort Erie Live Racing Consortium's annual general meeting, which is to take place Tuesday, June 12, the discussion will not be about how to keep the 115-year-old Fort ...

Lower Percentage Of Gaming Revenues For Province Of Ontario?

The Ontario Liberal Government has annually raked in a cool $1.1-billion in revenue via the soon-to-be-scrapped slots-at-racetracks program. Apparently, according to an Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp...

Mayors Skeptical Of OLG-Liberal Desires

Mayors of various Ontario municipalities are coming out of the woodwork and expressing disinterest regarding the idea of casino gaming coming to their jurisdictions.

Liberal MPP Blasts Duncan, McGuinty In Legislature Over Gaming

A reported divide within the Ontario Liberal Government manifested itself today in the Provincial Legislature when Liberal MPP Mike Colle (Eglinton-Lawrence) proclaimed that he does not support his pa...

Senator Runciman Wants Action

"In a province staggering from the loss of manufacturing jobs, this initiative (OLG gaming modernization) may achieve some short-term revenue gains, but its long-term negative impacts on individuals, ...

COSA Discusses Ontario Crisis On Air

Central Ontario Standardbred Association President Bill O'Donnell and Director Jim Wellwood were recently guests on the Bill Kelly Show on 900 CHML AM. During the broadcast, which can be listened to i...