Government throws a curveball on Autism funding clawbacks

Progressive Conservative MPP Amy Fee let parents know last Friday that means-testing for autism funding would be for incomes above $55,000. But today in Question Period, we were told the following:

Wait, what?!? So families that earn $55,000 won’t be fully funded? What, exactly, is going on? What is the funding formula? And why won’t the government tell us?

I’m trying to figure out how 98.5% could possibly make sense. If we assume that funding stops at an income level of $250,000 (which we’ve been told), then this would be consistent with a funding model where the clawbacks start at $52,000 and decrease linearly. Here’s what it would look like for a family with a 6 year-old child:

But, honestly, who knows?

Again, for context:

• The cost of ABA is the ballpark of $80,000/yr.
• A family of two earners, both earning minimum wage, could have a combined income of above $55,000 and see their funding clawed back.

I really don’t understand this. Why is the provincial government treating public policy like a whodunit novel? Why aren’t Ontarians entitled to know how programs work and their tax dollars are being spent?