Upfront efforts underway to secure renewal of Casino Rama’s operating license
In 2011, Casino Rama’s is coming up for renewal. The Simcoe North MPP Garfield Dunlop is already pressing the province to ensure that Casino Rama remains in operation past 2011. Dunlop said that he wants to lobby for the renewal from now and not take it for granted.
Whilst acknowledging the license is under the jurisdiction of Ontario’s lottery and gaming agency, Dunlop urged Bryant, Aboriginal Affairs Minister and Government House Leader, to support the casino’s renewal given his dealings with First Nation issues.
Concerns over the casino’s future emerged in recent years following a meeting between then-lottery and gaming head Duncan Brown and band officials when Chief Sharon Stinson Henry said Brown had suggested the license might not be renewed. The provincial agency had denied the allegation.
The government would likely begin to address the license issue in this fall, said Bryant, and mentioned that his ministry had to date focused largely on a revamped revenue sharing agreement for First Nation bands benefiting from Casino Rama’s operation.
Ontario Lottery and Gaming CEO Kelly McDougald in a presentation said her agency was “proud of the facility and wants it to continue.”
McDougald said a “new relationship”– agreeable to the local band, the province and the gaming corporation – was needed to “ensure that Casino Rama will continue to be a successful enterprise many years from now.” She further stated that:
“The continued success of Casino Rama and these relationships are essential for the long-term growth and economic well being of (the local native community) and the region,”
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