Election platform included ‘gaming house’ – Brandon Sun

A gaming centre appears to have been part of early plans for a new urban reserve on the north end of Brandon, despite the Gambler First Nation chief saying that it never was.

Campaign material distributed before an August 2018 election that Chief David LeDoux’s brother Gordon — a custom-elected chief for Gambler — sent to The Sun show a drawing of a “gaming house,” below a line that says “re-elect David LeDoux for chief!”

“He had told the membership that’s what he was putting up there, he was going to make millions of dollars,” Gordon said. “This was part of his platform for running for chief again.”

A spokesperson from the Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Authority of Manitoba said they’ve been in contact with Gambler First Nation since 2018 about a potential VLT site.

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