OMAFRA Horse Racing Transition Panel member John Snobelen has told radio personalities Paul and Carol Motts that the Panel’s Final Report was submitted Monday, October 15th. None of the recommendations requires legislation, Snobelen said, so the current prorogation of parliament will not be a delaying factor. Snobelen also told the Motts that Agriculture Minister Ted […] Read more »
OMAFRA Transitional Panel Requests More Time, Says McMeekin
Ontario Minister of Agriculture Ted McMeekin has announced that the OMAFRA Panel charged with recommending the path ahead for a sustainable Ontario horse racing industry has requested more time to complete its deliberations. The Panel's final Report had been due on September 30th Read more »
Government Wants To Make Horse Racing Viable Without Slots Revenue, Says McMeekin
The slots-at-racetracks program won’t be resurrected, Minister of Agriculture Ted McMeekin said Monday, but he’s hopeful there will be a better way forward after the horse racing industry transition panel submits its final report. McMeekin said that despite the outcry from some equine groups, the slots program (SARP) created a “fractious industry” and it needed […] Read more »
McMeekin Releases Interim OMAFRA Transition Panel Report
The Transition Panel engaged to consult with the industry regarding sustainability of Ontario Horse Racing following the cancellation of the Slots At Racetracks program has presemted its interim report. Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Ted McMeekin released the Report today, August 24th along with the following media statement: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ “On June 7th, […] Read more »
Resident Details How Loss Of Slots At Racetracks Revenue Will Impact Flamboro Area
Christine Munday explains specifically how the trickledown effect of cancelling the Slots at Racetracks program will affect her local community in a letter to Read more »
