The Corporate Takeover Playbook (film)

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Running time

3:12

Published

2026-10-19

Language

English

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1. Play from 0:00 Does Ontario’s record fit a corporate playbook?
2. Play from 0:02 An investigation sets the two side by side.
3. Play from 0:05 The article’s own note:
4. Play from 0:07 pattern statements are analysis drawn from the records,
5. Play from 0:10 not a claim about anyone’s intent.
6. Play from 0:13 The article’s model is a corporate takeover sequence:
7. Play from 0:16 acquire, starve of capital,
8. Play from 0:18 degrade performance, declare unfit,
9. Play from 0:21 sell the parts, blame prior management.
10. Play from 0:23 It reads five areas of Ontario public service against that list.
11. Play from 0:28 First, autism services.
12. Play from 0:30 According to the article, as of May 13, 2026,
13. Play from 0:34 a Ministry report obtained by the Ontario Autism Coalition
14. Play from 0:38 through Freedom of Information showed 91,974
15. Play from 0:42 children registered for the Ontario Autism Program,
16. Play from 0:45 and 20,711 with an active Core Funding Agreement.
17. Play from 0:50 That is 22.5 percent with an active Core Funding Agreement.
18. Play from 0:54 Second, schools.
19. Play from 0:56 The article cites the Auditor General’s
20. Play from 0:58 May 12, 2026 special education report:
21. Play from 1:02 from the 2019–20 through the 2023–24 school years,
22. Play from 1:07 students receiving special education
23. Play from 1:09 services averaged 16 percent of students
24. Play from 1:12 but 43 percent of suspended students.
25. Play from 1:15 The article says the report does not establish motive.
26. Play from 1:18 Third, healthcare.
27. Play from 1:19 The article sets Bill 124,
28. Play from 1:22 the 2019 act that capped public-sector pay
29. Play from 1:25 increases at one percent a year for three years,
30. Play from 1:28 beside Bill 60, the Your Health Act, 2023,
31. Play from 1:31 which received Royal Assent on May 18, 2023.
32. Play from 1:35 The government later repealed Bill 124.
33. Play from 1:39 The article reads that order as a sequence.
34. Play from 1:42 Fourth, the alcohol marketplace.
35. Play from 1:44 The Beer Store is a private consortium,
36. Play from 1:46 not a Crown corporation.
37. Play from 1:48 The article notes the public retailer,
38. Play from 1:51 the LCBO, was not divested.
39. Play from 1:53 A May 24, 2024 government release said
40. Play from 1:57 the province was providing The Beer Store
41. Play from 1:59 up to 225 million dollars over 19 months
42. Play from 2:02 to support its transition to a more open marketplace.
43. Play from 2:06 Fifth, land.
44. Play from 2:07 The article cites the Auditor General’s
45. Play from 2:09 August 9, 2023 Greenbelt report:
46. Play from 2:12 owners of the 15 sites removed from the Greenbelt,
47. Play from 2:15 about 7,400 acres, could ultimately see
48. Play from 2:18 a collective 8.3 billion dollar increase
49. Play from 2:21 in the value of their properties.
50. Play from 2:22 The Auditor General found the selection
51. Play from 2:24 of the sites was not transparent,
52. Play from 2:27 fair, objective, or fully informed.
53. Play from 2:29 In September 2023 the government
54. Play from 2:32 announced it would reverse the removals.
55. Play from 2:34 Bill 136 restored the lands by statute,
56. Play from 2:38 with Royal Assent on December 6, 2023.
57. Play from 2:42 The article’s own limits:
58. Play from 2:44 these are distinct services and legal settings,
59. Play from 2:47 and each factual claim needs the record from its own sector.
60. Play from 2:50 No allegation of wrongdoing is made or implied
61. Play from 2:54 against any named individual.
62. Play from 2:56 One of its four proposed fixes is a single open
63. Play from 2:59 registry of every private contract executed
64. Play from 3:02 against a public service mandate.
65. Play from 3:04 Read the record.
66. Play from 3:05 Then email your MPP.

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