Source: https://www.thestar.com/politics/pr...four-years-if-they-didnt-support-changes.htmlBehaviour analysts say children's minister Lisa MacLeod and her staff threatened to make their lives miserable for the next four years if they didn't endorse the government's changes to autism services.
In a memo to members Wednesday, the board of the Ontario Association for Behavioural Analysts said "the minister and her staff requested that ONTABA provide a quote of support, without providing full details on the program, and indicated that failure to do so would result in 'four long years' for the organization."
It went on to say that "the minister also indicated that if a quote of support was not forthcoming, a communication that behaviour analysts are 'self-interested' would be released from her office ... In spite of the implied risk, the organization refused."
One analyst who attended the Jan. 29 meeting in advance of the government's autism announcement, said it was "more akin to meeting with a mob boss than an elected official."
The rift with ONTABA is part of an escalating division between the Ford government and some in the autism community in the wake of the Progressive Conservatives' system overhaul, which MacLeod has pledged will make funding more equitable and clear the massive wait list for services within 18 months.
Be that kind of evil if old.