OTTAWA – Ontario’s finance minister has written a letter to Ottawa’s mayor saying that the province will not support the creation of a second gaming zone in the city.
The letter comes as Ottawa city council faces a potential debate if the city approaches the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. with plans to establish two new gaming zones in the capital, which would allow construction of new casinos.
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Finance Minister Charles Sousa says in a letter to Jim Watson that the Ontario government continues to support the OLG recommendation of developing only one zone and one site in the Ottawa area.
In response, Watson sent a letter to city council this morning ahead of today’s finance and economic development meeting, saying a motion the committee was to consider on a separate gaming zone for the Rideau Carleton Raceway is “largely superseded by the province’s decision.”
Watson says in light of the response from the province, a substitute motion will be tabled at today’s meeting consistent with the recent developments.
Watson says in the letter that council still has to make a decision about where best to locate a gaming facility.
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