Quebec Minister Challenges Blue Jays Over Contest Exclusion: Access to Training Camp at Stake

The competition in question will allow four people to win an all-expenses paid stay at the Toronto baseball team’s training camp and to attend an exhibition game in formula VIP against the New York Yankees.

The Minister of Public Security of Quebec, François Bonnardel, declared Friday that the Jays no longer had an excuse to prohibit access to Quebec I’m joining them. He recalled that the Act modifying various provisions mainly for the purposes of alleviating the regulatory and administrative burden, adopted on October 27, had put an end to the supervision of advertising contests by the Régie des alcools. , races and games.

More concretely, the organizers of these competitions no longer have to produce a report and send it to the Régie if the prizes exceed the value of $2,000 and no longer need to pay a deposit or a contribution to the Régie or to send it the list of winners.

The Blue Jays and their partner Westjet wanted to respond to the minister who questioned them on the social network X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday.

Months before

“Planning for these contests begins months before their launch and the target audience for this contest had been carefully selected in conjunction with the logistics required to produce and launch the contest. These logistics vary on a case-by-case basis and reviews and considerations will be made for all future national competitions,” said a Westjet spokesperson in a communication sent by the vice-president of communications. of the Blue Jays, Andrea Goldstein.

“We appreciate the immense support that baseball fans in Quebec have given to the Blue Jays. We are currently reviewing our possibilities of holding competitions available at the national level for all baseball fans across the country,” added Ms. Goldstein on behalf of the baseball team. American League.

The regulatory measures abolished by the Quebec government were the same ones that had led the Rogers group, current owner of the Blue Jays and owner of Maclean’s magazine until 2019, to exclude Quebecers from a photo contest for Canada’s 150th anniversary in 2017. The decision was, however, changed and the contest offered to all Canadians following the ™intervention of the Sun.

2024-02-18 21:56:40
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