Gambling report too confusing to be released: minister
Posted Apr 21, 2010 06:05:18 AM.
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The province has cancelled a report on problem gambling and says a draft version will not be released to the public.
The former Tory government commissioned the report in 2007 to uncover the social and economic impact of gambling, but Labour Minister Marilyn More says she’s stopped work on it because of problems with the study’s methodology.
“I read the draft report and it was confusing, it didn’t make sense,” she said. “So I didn’t feel it was reliable enough to put out.”
Liberal gaming critic Leo Glavine says taxpayers should get to read the draft and judge its value for themselves.
“There are many in this province who can take a look at whether the methodology to get at the whole social costs of gaming is giving us a very accurate picture of what is taking place,” he said.
Glavine suggests the report is being witheld because it may contain “disturbing information” about problem gambling.
The report was expected to cost $212,000 to complete. So far, the province has paid $140,000 to the authors.
