Ella Does Squamish

The report ‘A game of Trust: Investigation into the Ontario Lottery
and Gaming Corporation’ s Protection of the Public From Fraud and Theft
can be viewed on line at

http://tinyurl.com/2kat9u

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I read this report last night.  I can’t even begin to tally all the money that OLG has spent in trying to ‘rehabilitate’ their image since the Oct. 25/06 broadcast by the fifth estate that looked at insider wins.  I would advise all voters in Ontario to read this document and make a stink … all that money that has been paid out to suspicious lottery winners is your tax money.  A pretty paltry sum of $100 million a year in the grand scheme of the total take from OLG goes to ‘charitable’ programs through The Trillium Foundation.  The other revenue goes into the government’s general funds and is not accountable.  I hope that it is a truly independent regulatory regime  is set-up to address these issues.  This is a real can of worms and the impact is being felt across Canada.

Geez, just after I extend an invitation to ’men in trees’ people to visit the Squamish area there is a tragedy.  A 15 year old boy was knifed by a 19 year old last nite at a party and he died.  There were numerous roadblocks in the area checking cars this morning.  Last month there was the first shooting in Whistler in 25 years - again two guys who had been ‘partying’.  Such a waste of young lives.