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Why now may be the time for Ontario to go cold turkey on its gambling addiction

June 30, 2020

“It’s a tax in disguise and effectively a very regressive tax in disguise,” Brian Dijkema, vice president of external affairs at Cardus, tells TV Ontario as he outlines the problem with Ontario’s gambling set-up. He argues that the province should reform its casino and lottery operations so that they help, instead of harm, low-income Ontarians.