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Gambling Taxes Proposed for Ontario Budget Woes

ONTARIO – As reported by the Toronto Star: "Premier Dalton McGuinty has been told to tax lottery and casino winnings, raise liquor and tobacco taxes and impose new levies on luxury cars to tackle an almost $8 billion budget deficit.

"The Premier yesterday welcomed a consultant's report that also said Ontarians are willing to see deficits for at least two years and to pay increased user fees. The $200,000 report by the Canadian Policy Research Networks was commissioned by the government and based on day-long pre-budget focus groups earlier this year involving 250 randomly selected citizens in six cities.

"…The Liberal government awarded the untendered $200,000 contract for a report that summarizes recommendations from the various focus groups, which also included charging more for hunting and fishing licences, vanity plates and water and taxing lottery winnings.

"While lottery winnings are now tax-free in Canada, they have long been taxed in the United States…"

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