7-Dec-05. Transat head says tourism facing ‘national emergency’. Globe and Mail, B5.

Montreal-based tour operator Transat A.T. Inc. has thrown its support behind a proposal by Quebec’s lottery corporation to build an international casino and entertainment complex south of Montreal’s downtown. Transat Chairman Jean-Marc Eustache says that the casino would be a destination that would help to attract more visitors from the United States. Critics suggest that moving the existing casino to this neighborhood would increase the rate of criminal activity and gambling addiction in the area.