CANCELLING THE SLOTS: A catastrophe in the making for a wide swath of Ontario agriculture

The Ontario government considers the 14-year-old program a subsidy, but horse people say it is a partnership. And killing it will decimate a multi-billion dollar agricultural industry 

by BERNARD TOBIN

When the Ontario Liberal government announced it would end the Slots at Racetracks program in March 2013, Ontario horseman John MacMillan was numb.