A Tale Of Two Councils August 22, 2012 With the Ontario Liberal Government having promised this week to 'upload' some municipal costs to the provincial books, many people are saying that city officials will now be under political pressure ...
Clouthier: SAR Issue Could Be By-Election 'Sleeper' August 21, 2012 After having announced earlier this month that he would be supporting Ontario's Progressive Conservative Party in the upcoming provincial by-elections, highly respected political veteran Hec Clouthier...
Report Presented, Racing Waits August 21, 2012 The horse racing industry is waiting anxiously for the OMAFRA panel report, presented to government on Friday, August 17. People in racing aren't the only ones wondering why the findings have yet to b...
MacLeod To Take Slots At Racetracks Case To Auditor General August 20, 2012 "I think this could be a whitewash, that's why I'm calling in the Auditor General through a private member's motion this September to come in, look at the numbers look at the impact on the horse racin...
McMeekin: OMAFRA Panel Report Expected Wednesday August 19, 2012 While the industry holds its collective breath waiting for the findings of the OMAFRA panel, Minister of Agriculture Ted McMeekin will make an announcement early this week and expects the report to be...
What Is Progress? August 18, 2012 "In this country, we have too much of virtually everything. Too much consumption. Too many massive US operated casinos. Too much rhetoric and too much hot air. But we do not have too many racetracks!"
Ontarians Tell Government To Rethink Ending Slots At Racetracks Partnership August 18, 2012 In a significant rebuff to Premier Dalton McGuinty and Finance Minister Dwight Duncan, a new Abacus Data Poll conducted for Racing Future finds that most Ontarians think the provincial government shou...
Leafs Coach To Attend Sudbury Rally August 17, 2012 The Sudbury Provincial PC Riding Association will be hosting a rally in Northern Ontario on Monday, August 27 in support of the local and provincial equine and agricultural industries.
Horwath, Natyshak Point Out Liberal Misinformation August 17, 2012 On the afternoon of Friday, August 17, Ontario New Democratic Party Leader Andrea Horwath and Essex MPP Taras Natyshak released a joint statement pointing out that in 2004 the Ontario Liberal Party ci...
Pettapiece, Arnott: Liberal 'Impact Study' A Sham August 14, 2012 Citing the Ontario Liberal Party's official advice to cabinet regarding scrapping the slots-at-racetracks program, which is attached in this note, Perth-Wellington MPP Randy Pettapiece has accused the...
Leslie Defends OHRIA Report, Issues Update On Fort Erie August 13, 2012 While the report commissioned by the OHRIA Task Force took some criticism, OHRIA President Sue Leslie has gone on the record defending it as well as its author Stan Sadinsky.
COSA Supports OHRIA Plan August 03, 2012 On Friday, August 3, the Board of Directors of the Central Ontario Standardbred Association announced that it supports the Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association plan pertaining to the future of th...