The Law Commission of Canada is reviewing a report submitted by three independent researchers having done a study on the negative impact of the gambling industry on Canada's provinces.  Citing numerous reasons that call for a reexamination of Canada's gambling, the report will not receive a vote on whether it should be sent to Parliament until 2006.  If it does, the federal government will be asked to explain numerous contradictions toward their stance on gambling as cited in the report.

According to one of the report's authors, criminologist Colin Campbell, the government bans online gambling from any province in Canada, but allows the Mohawk territory in Kahnawakee to do so (which happens to be one of the internets largest and most esteemed gambling bodies on the Web).  The report also brings attention to the fact that the government only allows provinces and charities to operate land-based gambling operations.  However, Campbell claims most of these operators are based in the U.S. and are funneling out billions of dollars across the Canada border, which is due in large part to Ontario's actions of hiring American businesses to manage many of these casinos.

Just what the authors of the report are fighting for is not entirely clear, for their complaints include both economical and moral complaints.  For instance, the report claims that thousands of Canadian gamblers are addicted, and that many of them are involved in credit fraud, money embezzlements and other forms of crime to keep their gambling addiction going.

 If the Law Commission sees just cause in the report, they will forward the report to Parliament for further examination into just how well Canada's provinces are regulating this $13 billion per year industry.

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