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The Playbook

Critics argue it's not incompetence—it's a strategy. Deliberate underfunding creates crises, which justify privatization, which benefits connected beneficiaries.

Ontario · Ford Government (2018–present)

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What's Inside the Playbook

Cause & effect

How One Policy Leads to the Next

Trace the chain from first cut to final outcome. Interactive causal chains show how each policy creates the conditions for the next.

10 tactics

10 Recurring Tactics

Ten recurring strategies documented across 40+ cases — from manufactured crises to legislative shields.

18 scandals

Promises vs. Reality

Every scandal follows the same structure: a reasonable-sounding rationale hiding a different documented reality.

Cross-provincial

Across Canada

The same policies appear in Conservative-led provinces within months of each other.