CGA Updates
C-218 Out of Senate
June 22, 2021
The Canadian Gaming Association (CGA) today celebrates the arrival of single-event sports betting across Canada as the Senate successfully passed Bill C-218, without amendment, at Third Reading. Today’s successful vote…
CGA Updates
CGA Update Volume 30
June 4, 2021
Bill C-218 Wraps Committee Hearings Bill C-218, the Safe and Regulated Sports Betting Act, today wrapped up two days of witness testimony with the Senate’s Banking, Trade and Commerce Committee. After the final…
CGA Updates
CGA Update Volume 29
June 2, 2021
Register Now (It’s Free!) for the Virtual Canadian Gaming Summit The 2021 virtual Canadian Gaming Summit will be held during four-hour windows on June 9 and 10, 2021, and will feature…
CGA Updates
CGA Update Volume 27
April 20, 2021
2021 Federal Budget Assistance for Canada’s Gaming Industry The 2021 federal budget released yesterday outlines a $12 billion plan to extend key COVID-19 business programs and commits to continue other…
CGA Updates
Bill C-218 Update & Ontario iGaming Consultations
March 24, 2021
Bill C-218 / Sports Betting Update After five days of hearings and approximately 30 witnesses testifying before the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights in favour of Bill C-218,…
CGA Updates
CGA Update Volume 26
March 24, 2021
Bill C-218 / Sports Betting Update After five days of hearings and approximately 30 witnesses testifying before the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights in favour of Bill C-218,…
CGA Updates
CGA Update Volume 25
March 1, 2021
Update on Justice Committee Hearings Bill C-218 was referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights by an overwhelming vote of 303-15. The first two days of hearings…
CGA Updates
CGA Update Volume 24
February 9, 2021
Optimism and Opportunity in 2021 We all agree that 2020 was a year that we want to put firmly behind us. The COVID-19 pandemic has had an extraordinary impact on our business,…
CGA Updates
CGA Update Volume 24
February 9, 2021
Optimism and Opportunity in 2021 We all agree that 2020 was a year that we want to put firmly behind us. The COVID-19 pandemic has had an extraordinary impact on our business,…
CGA Updates
CGA Update Volume 23
December 1, 2020
Join Paul Burns, President & CEO, Canadian Gaming Association, at Betting on Sports America on December 2 at 11:00am ET There was exciting news from Ottawa last week as the Federal…
CGA Updates
Federal Government Introduces Bill C-13 “An Act to amend the Criminal Code (single event sport betting)”
November 26, 2020
Earlier today Federal Justice Minister and Attorney General David Lametti introduced Bill C-13 – “An Act to amend the Criminal Code (single event sport betting)” in the House of Commons….
CGA Updates
Single-Event Sports Betting Becomes Government Bill
November 25, 2020
The CGA has learned that the Federal Government intends to pick up Bill C-218, the Safe and Regulated Sports Betting Act, and turn it into a government bill. It is…
