First Nations group demands seat on the OLG board after winning legal battle – CTV
May 17, 2015
TORONTO — A First Nations group has won a seven-year legal battle to have a seat on the board of directors of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation and is demanding the appointment be made immediately.
An arbitrator ruled last month that the provincial government breached its contractual obligations and acted in bad faith by refusing to appoint a member of the Ontario First Nations Limited Partnership to the OLG board.
Under a 2008 agreement with the province, the group dropped a $3-billion lawsuit in exchange for 1.7-per-cent share of gross revenues from various lotteries and gaming revenues, in addition to the right to have a First Nations representative appointed by the province to the OLG board.
In the seven years since that agreement was made, the partnership argued, the province has refused to allow a candidate to be appointed to the OLG board, while rejecting numerous applicants on the basis that they did not meet provincial requirements.
