A new Canadian gambling bill intended to enshrine First Nations’ right to gaming on their own land could dismantle the Mohawk Nation of Kahnawà:ke’s decades-old online gambling industry. Maintaining Kahnawà:ke’s long-established sovereignty is at the heart of the Nation’s refusal to support Bill S-268 in its current form. But with Ontario’s commercial expansion of online gambling, Mohawk Online had to pull its site, Sports Interaction (SIA), from the province. One fear is restricting Indigenous gaming rights to provincial boundaries, as S-268 would, will further throttle Kahnawà:ke’s once-thriving gaming industry. For Kahnawà:ke Bill Just Doesn’t Make SenseTo Delisle, Bill S-268, in its current form, is short-sighted.

Source: Daily Nation July 06, 2023 16:07 UTC