WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:02.700 Does Ontario’s record fit a corporate playbook? 00:02.740 --> 00:05.880 An investigation sets the two side by side. 00:05.920 --> 00:07.500 The article’s own note: 00:07.540 --> 00:10.740 pattern statements are analysis drawn from the records, 00:10.780 --> 00:13.140 not a claim about anyone’s intent. 00:13.360 --> 00:16.780 The article’s model is a corporate takeover sequence: 00:16.820 --> 00:18.780 acquire, starve of capital, 00:18.820 --> 00:21.140 degrade performance, declare unfit, 00:21.180 --> 00:23.760 sell the parts, blame prior management. 00:23.800 --> 00:28.320 It reads five areas of Ontario public service against that list. 00:28.380 --> 00:30.480 First, autism services. 00:30.520 --> 00:34.620 According to the article, as of May 13, 2026, 00:34.660 --> 00:38.280 a Ministry report obtained by the Ontario Autism Coalition 00:38.280 --> 00:42.660 through Freedom of Information showed 91,974 00:42.660 --> 00:45.480 children registered for the Ontario Autism Program, 00:45.480 --> 00:50.200 and 20,711 with an active Core Funding Agreement. 00:50.240 --> 00:54.920 That is 22.5 percent with an active Core Funding Agreement. 00:54.980 --> 00:56.080 Second, schools. 00:56.080 --> 00:58.600 The article cites the Auditor General’s 00:58.600 --> 01:02.220 May 12, 2026 special education report: 01:02.260 --> 01:07.460 from the 2019–20 through the 2023–24 school years, 01:07.560 --> 01:09.260 students receiving special education 01:09.260 --> 01:12.240 services averaged 16 percent of students 01:12.280 --> 01:15.360 but 43 percent of suspended students. 01:15.400 --> 01:18.720 The article says the report does not establish motive. 01:18.820 --> 01:19.880 Third, healthcare. 01:19.880 --> 01:22.600 The article sets Bill 124, 01:22.640 --> 01:25.320 the 2019 act that capped public-sector pay 01:25.320 --> 01:28.100 increases at one percent a year for three years, 01:28.140 --> 01:31.840 beside Bill 60, the Your Health Act, 2023, 01:31.900 --> 01:35.760 which received Royal Assent on May 18, 2023. 01:35.820 --> 01:39.360 The government later repealed Bill 124. 01:39.400 --> 01:42.120 The article reads that order as a sequence. 01:42.160 --> 01:44.400 Fourth, the alcohol marketplace. 01:44.440 --> 01:46.940 The Beer Store is a private consortium, 01:46.980 --> 01:48.200 not a Crown corporation. 01:48.200 --> 01:51.000 The article notes the public retailer, 01:51.040 --> 01:53.680 the LCBO, was not divested. 01:53.720 --> 01:57.300 A May 24, 2024 government release said 01:57.300 --> 01:59.060 the province was providing The Beer Store 01:59.060 --> 02:02.660 up to 225 million dollars over 19 months 02:02.660 --> 02:06.540 to support its transition to a more open marketplace. 02:06.720 --> 02:07.820 Fifth, land. 02:07.860 --> 02:09.780 The article cites the Auditor General’s 02:09.780 --> 02:12.760 August 9, 2023 Greenbelt report: 02:12.800 --> 02:15.580 owners of the 15 sites removed from the Greenbelt, 02:15.580 --> 02:18.860 about 7,400 acres, could ultimately see 02:18.860 --> 02:21.200 a collective 8.3 billion dollar increase 02:21.200 --> 02:22.900 in the value of their properties. 02:22.940 --> 02:24.980 The Auditor General found the selection 02:24.980 --> 02:27.020 of the sites was not transparent, 02:27.060 --> 02:29.680 fair, objective, or fully informed. 02:29.720 --> 02:32.420 In September 2023 the government 02:32.420 --> 02:34.820 announced it would reverse the removals. 02:34.860 --> 02:38.560 Bill 136 restored the lands by statute, 02:38.600 --> 02:41.330 with Royal Assent on December 6, 2023. 02:42.120 --> 02:44.220 The article’s own limits: 02:44.260 --> 02:47.200 these are distinct services and legal settings, 02:47.240 --> 02:50.940 and each factual claim needs the record from its own sector. 02:50.980 --> 02:54.180 No allegation of wrongdoing is made or implied 02:54.180 --> 02:56.260 against any named individual. 02:56.300 --> 02:59.500 One of its four proposed fixes is a single open 02:59.500 --> 03:02.300 registry of every private contract executed 03:02.300 --> 03:04.300 against a public service mandate. 03:04.340 --> 03:05.600 Read the record. 03:05.640 --> 03:08.120 Then email your MPP.