As many as 3,500 lottery and gambling sector jobs were set to vanish in Ontario under the former McGuinty government’s plans to overhaul the industry – a grim statistic that was not revealed to the public, the province’s auditor says.
Ontario also stands to reap just a fraction of the profits initially promised from what the auditor has called “overly optimistic” financial projections, casting fresh doubt on the government’s goal to erase the provincial deficit by fiscal 2018. The deficit will be revealed in this Thursday’s budget.
Karen Howlett – Globe and Mail – April 28, 2014.
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