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240,000 Volunteers: I Asked When My Son Would Get Autism Funding. A Private Citizen Told Me How Political Power Worked.
240,000 Volunteers: My Son Waited for Autism Funding. I Recorded What Rouhan Coutinho Said.
240,000 Volunteers for the Premier? What a Private Citizen Told Me While My Son Waited for Autism Funding

He wrote: “I completed four of the last six reviews and transformation strategies of the Ontario autism ‘ecosystem’ for four of the last six Ontario administrations.” I could not verify that claim. He said the governing party’s president was one of his best friends. I found no independent record of that friendship. I recorded every call.

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One note, the named account, identifies the private individual it reports on; the others identify no one. None alleges an offence against anyone. Where they describe a law or a public process, they describe it only. No allegation of wrongdoing is made or implied.

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RecordTypeDateSource
Public care comes with no political debt.Getting a public service should never depend on who you campaign for, donate to or volunteer with. Four questions for the Government of Ontario.ReferencePublished note
What They Thought I Needed: correction and publication noteA dated correction to my September account of three recorded calls: what I withdraw, what I correct, and where the original is preserved.Founder statementPublished note
The Record ExistsAn approach was made during this reporting. It was declined in writing. A sealed, checkable record exists — this is who can examine it.Founder statementPublished note
The Volunteer GapOntario's lobbying law only counts you as a lobbyist if you are paid. The regulator that runs the registry has said that is a problem.ReferencePublished note
How to Check the Ontario Lobbyist RegistryWho has to register, how to search the public registry, and how to report information about potential non-compliance.ReferencePublished note
A Note on Approaches Made During This ReportingOn being approached, what was checked, and what was declined.Founder statementPublished note

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22.5%

Only 20,711 children have active funding agreements (22.5%), less than one in four

Primary sourceMCCSS FOI via OAC · May 2026Verified 2026-08-10
Last system verification: 2026-08-10. Next scheduled update: 2026-11-05.
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