Ontario to pay $1 million to private contractor to cut costs in developmental disabilities services sector

TORONTO — Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government offered to pay up to $1 million for an outside contractor to help it cut costs in a sector supporting some of the province’s most vulnerable residents.

The successful bidder will “identify and describe effective or best practices in other jurisdictions where developmental services or social service program expenditure or growth has been reduced/contained.”“The sought to obtain analysis and advice based on a review of leading jurisdictions and evidence-based best practices to help us build a more sustainable and effective developmental services system,” Christine Wood, a spokeswoman for Social Services Minister Todd Smith, said in a statement.

“The budget for this work is more than we have ever seen for a four-month project,” the question reads. “We are unclear on why this budget is so large, and how the government is seeing themselves receiving value for money within this enormous budget.” Chris Beesley, the CEO of Community Living Ontario, said he has received assurances from Smith that there will be a different component that will involve talking to people affected.

“Where you have a sector that has gone without infrastructure investment for 10 years, then there’s not really any fat left to cut,” he said. “Where you have a waiting list that is equal to or greater to those who are actually being supported, then obviously cutting the sector or any kind of cut is not sustainable.”

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Wow

This is more a sad comment on the relatively useless and lazy Ontario bureaucracy. They’re in their comfy spot. Hundreds of them yet can they do an analysis or write an options piece? No. And they’re all Liberals underneath. In no hurry to help Ford.

You mean he is not paying his unqualified spouse millions to NOT provide services for tens of thousands of autistic kids? Good. Because that would be wrong.

Dear Doug: I am fine with you using my provincial taxes to support the developmental disabilities services sector. Stop being a pri-k.

So which Ford minister's buddy or brother-in-law runs this consulting company?

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