Rees might want the government off her back, but a Canadian small-c conservative ‘family values’ group wants the government off the gambling train altogether. The Institute of Marriage and Family Canada (not to be confused with the Institute of Divorce and Homewreckers) has released a rather comical report that suggests the ripple effect of problem gamblers eventually touches 25% of the national population. (We’re guessing that if you read the words ‘problem gamblers’ in that last sentence, you should consider yourself one of the affected.)
On the plus side, IMFC — or, as we presume they call each other when no outsiders are around, “I’m Fucked” — would like government to privatize their current gambling operations. Fine by us. After all the bad press it’s received, we suspect BCLC’s wonky PlayNow.com could be got pretty cheap…