19-Jan-07. Horsemen’s wages blasted. Edmonton Sun, 5.

On the second day of a campaign urging the Alberta government to stop funding the horseracing industry, Liberal MLA Maurice Tougas attacked the $200,000 salaries of the agency’s chairman and the president. The province entered into a 10-year deal with the industry in 2005 that provides it with 51% of the proceeds of race track slot machine revenue. Horse Race Alberta chairman Dr. David Reid contends the province created a model agreement that is the envy of Canada to save the horse-racing industry from the expansion of casino and video lottery terminal (VLT) gambling.