BCACG would like to welcome Skip Triplett as Chair of the provincial government’s review of gaming grants. The website for the review is here, and the government’s media release is here (it includes a bio for Mr. Triplett). We hope for a productive relationship with Mr. Triplett. Our main hope of course is that the…
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Families First? Then restore all gaming grants! Use the massive BCLC ad budget, if you must!
Vancouver Not Vegas, which fought a battle against a mega-casino in Vancouver that was partly motivated by anger over decreasing gaming contributions to charities, has issued a message to Premier Christy Clark: If you really believe in “Families First,” save the Vancouver International Children’s Festival! Restore all gaming grants to all charities and non-profits in…
BCACG’s letter in support of Vancouver Councillor Woodsworth’s motion
Councillor Woodsworth’s motion passed! Thanks to Councillor Woodsworth for supporting charities and for calling for a delay in any further gaming expansion until gaming cuts and gambling irregularities and regulation are addressed! This is good news, but the fight is not over. The City does not necessarily have influence over provincial government policy, but this…
BCACG’s submission to BC leadership candidates
This is a submission the BCACG will be presenting to all the BC leadership candidates in both party races. It was first presented this morning, to Christy Clark: The BCACG has two positions concerning the current charitable gaming funding crisis, one short term and one long-term. For the short term BCACG requests that the gaming…
BC Lottery Corp on spending spree while charities reel
By Sandy Garossino, BCACG advocate. First printed in The Vancouver Observer. Revelations of our casinos’ extraordinary vulnerability to organized crime—and the deals that Rich Coleman has struck with casino developers—should give British Columbians considerable pause. The financial records of the BC Lottery Corporation give cold comfort to anyone looking for reassurance there. Pete McMartin’s piece…
Vancouver Sun series on the gaming grant cuts to charities
Pete McMartin of the Vancouver Sun has begun an excellent series on the BC government’s cuts to gaming grants to charities. The first article is here (“Huge cuts don’t apply to Lottery Corp. offices”), the second is here (“Charities bite the hand that bleeds them”). And 2011 update: the third is here. This article, the…
Strong comments from the 9000 signers of our BC-wide petition against gaming cuts
Below read a small sample of comments left by signers of our BC-wide petition protesting the gaming cuts to charities and non-profits. If you have similar comments or stories, we would like to hear from you! Please email us with stories of how the cuts have affected you and your community! These will help us…
Write a letter to Mayor Robertson and Vancouver City Council
Write a letter to Mayor Robertson and City Council! Ask them to not even consider expansion of gambling and casinos in Vancouver until Minister Rich Coleman and the BC government abide by the binding 1999 agreement with BC charities and non-profits. Just copy and paste this letter into your email (click above to get the…
BC Persons with AIDS endorses BCACG’s request to City Council
BCPWAS (BC Persons with AIDS Society) is the first BC charity to publicly endorse the BCACG’s request to City Council. The BCACG has asked City Council to refuse to look at the BC government’s application to expand gaming in Vancouver until Minister Rich Coleman gives to charities the fraction of gaming revenues that they are…
BCACG calls on BC Auditor General to investigate legality of gaming cuts
Today the BC Association for Charitable Gaming asks the provincial Auditor General to investigate the provincial government’s administration and distribution of gaming proceeds transferred to it from the BC Lottery Corporation. According to a revenue-sharing formula with municipalities and the charitable sector, 33.3% of net charitable gaming revenues are owed to charities. The provincial government…
