Taras Natyshak

OHRIA Applauds Ontario NDP Support

December 19, 2012

The Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association expressed in a news release on Thursday afternoon that it is applauding NDP MPP Taras Natyshak for taking a strong stand on behalf of his party to express...

Natyshak: Keep Slots-At-Racetracks Program Until At Least 2014

December 18, 2012

In a multi-pronged release, Ontario New Democratic Party MPP Taras Natyshak (Essex) has called on the Ontario Liberal Government to hold off on the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.'s gaming modernizat...

Natyshak Calls On McMeekin For 'Comprehensive Transition Plan'

August 30, 2012

On Thursday, August 30 during question period in the Ontario Legislature at Queen's Park, Essex MPP Taras Natyshak (NDP) called on Minister of Agriculture Ted McMeekin to come up with a 'comprehensive...

Opposition Parties Support MacLeod, Horse Racing At Queen's Park

August 30, 2012

The Thursday, August 30 Queen's Park rally in support of Progressive Conservative MPP Lisa MacLeod's private members bill was the scene of something rare. The rally laid the groundwork for Ontario PC ...

NDP MPP Natyshak: Panel Says Gov. Transition Funding Inadequate

August 27, 2012

On Monday, August 27, Essex MPP Taras Natyshak highlighted via release that the report from the OMAFRA Transition Panel concluded that the $50-million the government had proposed to support horse-raci...

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...

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...

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 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...

Natyshak Demands Immediate Consultation

After putting thousands of jobs in the horse racing sector in jeopardy, the McGuinty government must meet immediately with the sector and consult on ways to support jobs, says NDP MPP Taras Natyshak (...