PolitiqueLoterie video tenants angry Updating Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 18 h 10 oSrc.oPlusX.writeBarPartage (‘ top’) Photo: The Canadian Press/AP/Mike Groll bar owners accuse the Minister of Finance Monique Jerome-Forget, exercise shameless favoritism in favor of liberal Senator Paul Massicotte and his company Attractions horse who can operate a private casino with 300 video lottery terminals. .
The Corporation of the owners of bars, pubs and taverns of Quebec deplores that 330 small businesses are on the verge of losing their video lottery machines. Without any reason other than to help a Senator who is in financial difficulty, we want to take their cameras and transfer them to the casinos, has summarized the President of the Corporation, Renaud Poulin, when a press conference in Montreal.
The spokesperson for Loto-Quebec, Marie-Claude Rivet, has insisted that all knew since 2004 that this day would come. We then put forward a major initiative to reconfigure our network of devices. Our approach, which was one of public health, intended to reduce the accessibility and proximity to the devices.
Members of the Corporation has nevertheless cry injustice. Mr. Poulin said that the survival of many businesses depends on these devices. According to the association, each machine generates between 10,000 and 15,000 U.S.
Dollars in commissions to traders, is 30 to 50 % of their income. There are also the other expenses of players, such as food and beverages. However, the owners who will lose their equipment will receive compensation equivalent to 12 months of commissions.
Development of Paul Massicotte In a statement, Paul Massicotte ensures that he never enjoys preferential treatment from the government. My links with the Liberal Party of Quebec and were almost nonexistent and I n’entretenais, until the award of contract for the recovery of horse racing, no relationship with the Premier of Quebec, nor with Finance Minister at the time, nor with the current Minister of Finance, he said.
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