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The Ontario Charitable Gaming Association (OCGA) was incorporated as a non-profit in 1996 to represent the interests of charities and non-profits that fundraise through regulated charitable gaming in Ontario. Their membership consists of thousands of registered charities and non-profits such as health and social services organizations, schools ...
Ontario is the largest producer of video games in Canada, housing 31.8% of all game studios (10 of which are large companies) and has annual expenditures of $818.4 million. [17] Quebec is the second largest, with 31.1% of companies residing in the province (22 of which are large companies) and spends $2.3 billion annually. [ 17 ]
Responsibilities for economic development in the Ontario government shifted over time as the province's economy evolved. Prior to confederation, the Bureau of Agriculture of the Province of Canada was responsible for collecting facts and statistics relating to the agricultural, mechanical and manufacturing interests.
Alberta had an increased rate of black immigration from the United States in the early 1900s, partially due to black fur-traders seeking employment. In Edmonton, the city council passed a 1911 motion to end further black immigration. The council claimed that black immigration was detrimental to the province and that black and white Albertans ...
The Youth Employment Services (YES) was established in the late 1960s in Toronto. The founding of the organization is associated with employment in Canada. [2] In 1998, YES opened Canada's first Youth Business Centre to provide young entrepreneurs with individual business skills training and help them secure start-up loans. [3]
The Gaming Control Act (the Act) was passed in 1992 to control the growth of the gaming industry and the introduction of casinos in Windsor and Niagara Falls, Ontario.The Act was enforced by the Gaming Control Commission Ontario to ensure honesty, integrity, and financial responsibility to participants [1] as well as preventing criminal activity such as lottery scams.
He immigrated to Canada as a refugee in 1993, settling in Toronto. Although not the first black Cabinet minister, Hussen is the first to be of immediate African descent. Marci Ien MP for Toronto Centre: 26 October 2021: Incumbent: Incumbent: Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth (2021–present) Ien is a Black Canadian [5] of ...
A gaming control board (GCB), also called by various names including gambling control board, casino control board, gambling board, and gaming commission, is a government agency charged with regulating casino and other types of gaming in a defined geographical area, usually a state, and of enforcing gaming law in general.