Victim
$2.5M annual budget cut
The province cut GREO's entire $2.5 million annual budget in 2019 and ordered it to wind down by mid-July, with 14 staff losing their jobs, as it looked to expand online gambling (CBC, CP).
Sources: Ontario stops funding problem gambling research agency, orders closure — CityNews / CP (May 4, 2019), Ontario stops funding problem gambling research agency, orders closure — CBC News (May 4, 2019)