Thread by @drpmonaghan

New @InfoFAO report out today showing Q3 spending from @ONgov.

For the autism program (in millions):
Q1: 80
Q2: 269
Q3: 124

Total spent so far this fiscal year:
~ $473 million

Here’s why that’s a problem.
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@ToddSmithPC @ChildrenON

fao-on.org/en/Blog/Public…

We know that last year, @ChildrenON only spent $434 million of their available $600+ million budget.

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https://twitter.com/bowker_john/status/1313143191500095488

We also know that @ToddSmithPC promised to spend $1.2 billion over the 2019-2021 fiscal years.
news.ontario.ca/en/statement/5…

With 434m last year, and 473m so far this year, @ChildrenON has to spend $293 million in Q4 to meet that promise.

That doesn’t seem at all possible.

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- The new program is not ready yet
- They’ve basically sent out all the interim one-time funding invites they can
- There’s nothing left to spend money on apart from just extending the kids still in service

@ToddSmithPC is going to fall short.

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I predicted in August that @ChildrenON would be about $200 million short of their $1.2 billion promise.

The shortfall may be even higher than that.

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link.medium.com/HLzZZr1Dxeb

I think it’s safe to say that @ToddSmithPC has once again over-promised and under-delivered.

#AutismDoesntEndAtFord
#onpoli

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