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Manitobans Encouraged to Join Discussion on Liquor, Gaming Regulation

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News Release – Manitoba
September 7, 2012

Community Engagement Will Help Ensure Smooth Transition: Chomiak

Manitobans will be asked for their ideas on how to reduce red tape, improve consumer choice, and enhance public safety and social responsibility in the areas of liquor and gaming, Innovation, Energy and Mines Minister Dave Chomiak, minister responsible for gaming, announced today.

“In Budget 2012, we committed to merging the Manitoba Liquor Control Commission and the Manitoba Lotteries Corporation, cutting red tape, protecting customer service and reducing administrative spending,” said Chomiak. “We are looking for the public’s input on how best to modernize and integrate liquor and gaming regulation to enhance services, and build on social responsibility and public safety initiatives.”
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Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
jodi@imfreedomalliance.org https://twitter.com/JodiRave

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear is the founder and director of the Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance, a 501-C-3 nonprofit organization with offices in Bismarck, N.D. and the Fort Berthold Reservation. Jodi spent 15 years reporting for the mainstream press. She's been awarded prestigious Nieman and John S. Knight journalism fellowships at Harvard and Stanford, respectively. She also an MIT Knight Science Journalism Project fellow. Her writing is featured in "The Authentic Voice: The Best Reporting on Race and Ethnicity," published by Columbia University Press. Jodi currently serves as a Society of Professional Journalists at-large board member, an SPJ Foundation board member, and she chairs the SPJ Freedom of Information Committee. Jodi has won top journalism awards from mainstream and Native press organizations. She earned her journalism degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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