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Changing a Canadian Bill Gets Difficult

Even Canada cannot seem to escape the never ending battle against the online casinos and gambling industries. Like the U.S., it seems that some in the Canadian government could have ulterior motives for passing a recent bill that is current in the Senate after passing through four House of Commons. A liberal Senator, George Baker, identified the clause in a new housekeeping bill that could potentially affect the online casinos industry if passed. Now that that bill is in the Senate and still up for debate, many politicians in Canada and other officials are weighing in on the issue and pressing for everyone to consider the long term effect of online gambling on Canada.

Those proposing the bill claim that it will have little effect on the online casino gambling industry as it stands and that the purpose of the changes is to address a bookkeeping issue. But even with that justification, Baker claims that “there is a big market for internet gambling in Canada. Online poker is huge. This [proposed] bill will end that, and that has not been brought up by anyone.” He feels strongly that the future implications of the clause be considered before it is passed through the Senate for further approval.

But working on the other side of the issue are both those who claim that the clause will have no bearing on the online casinos industry, and those who already have objections to internet gambling and see this as a prime opportunity to voice those opinions. And with the gambling opponents are the confused. Conservative Senator Raynell Andreychuk, just seems confused by the whole argument, even though she attempted to justify the clause in the new bill that is causing problems. When pressed for her view on how the new clause would work in harmony with existing online casino activity, she noted, “I don’t know. This is not my field.”