Justice committee  I'm not familiar exactly with the discussions with agriculture. I think the CPMA does a great job of regulating the industry. In terms of the support, we work extremely closely with the AGCO on a regulatory basis. In terms of protecting this industry, if our proposal to merge t

Justice committee  In particular, we've talked about just the ways in which we will potentially be able to integrate racing. One thing Woodbine Entertainment does is that we have the only digital footprint across the country. We work with every racetrack in the country with our online wagering and

Justice committee  Bill, I'll go ahead hesitatingly. You may want to add to it. Listen, there's no question that it is a very labour-intensive industry. On the thoroughbred side when we run live racing at Woodbine, studies show that there are approximately 2.1 persons employed per horse. We expect

Justice committee  I'll take that, although I'm sure we're all capable of addressing it.

Justice committee  We've suffered in a couple of major ways during the pandemic. On one, I'll speak about Ontario. Woodbine Entertainment generates approximately 95% of the wagering revenue in the province. There are 15 racetracks in the province, and most of the wagering is on the Woodbine Entert

Justice committee  Thank you. Listen, I think that by protecting it as you suggest what it will require with these behemoth sports betting operators—most of whom, as we know, are foreign, and the names are familiar to us—is understanding their backgrounds. Most of those companies are in the United

Justice committee  Good morning, Madam Chair, members of the committee and other attendees. I'm Jim Lawson, the CEO of Woodbine Entertainment Group. My colleague Christina Litz and I appreciate the opportunity to speak with you this morning. Woodbine Entertainment is the largest racetrack operator

Justice committee  Thank you. Currently the only backbone for the horse industry's business is parimutuel wagering. The industry operates the only legal single-event sports betting in Canada today, and it allows racetracks to earn income from legal wagers that are used to cover the substantial cos