Ontario First Nations Win Long Hard Fought Fight for OLG Board Seat – Net Newsledger
30 April 2015
TORONTO – First Nations in Ontario have won a long and hard-fought arbitration battle that awards the Ontario First Nations [2008] Limited Partnership (OFNLP2008) a seat on the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) Board. An Agreement was signed in February 2008 in settlement of a multi-billion dollar law suit brought by First Nations to settle long standing grievances over the development and operation of Casino Rama. As part of the settlement agreement the Province committed to appointing a representative of OFNLP2008 to sit on the OLG Board.
Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy stated “The lack of an OFNLP2008 representative on the OLG Board has caused extreme prejudice to the 132 First Nation Limited Partners. They have had no say whatsoever over the major gaming strategy shifts initiated by OLG during this critical period. Some of OLG’s worst blunders might have been avoided if the perspective and advice of First Nations had been sought and valued.”
