ontario ombudsman

• Ontario ombudsman’s report highlights lack of oversight of public health units

  Paul Dube also highlighted a lack of progress on implementing legislation that would give the ombudsman jurisdiction over all police oversight bodies.

  Health

  Jun 29, 2021
  
• Ontario ombudsman calls for overhaul of ‘wholly inadequate’ paramedic services oversight system

  "[The Ontario Ministry of Health] has neglected patient safety by failing to adequately monitor EMS providers, dispatch centres, and Ornge,” Paul Dubé said in a statement.

  Canada

  May 20, 2021
  
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• NDP calls for province’s ombudsman to review Ontario’s back-to-school plan

  The New Democrats' education critic, Marit Stiles, wrote in the letter released Wednesday that she wants the ombudsman to determine if measures are in place to meet standards recommended by experts.

  Health

  Sep 2, 2020
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• Chedoke Creek sewage spill subject of 61 ombudsman complaints against City of Hamilton

  The Ombudsman report also notes that the city of Hamilton was the focus of 154 complaints in 2019.

  Jul 1, 2020
• Ontario ombudsman receives record number of complaints about jails

  Paul Dube details problems with overcrowding, poor living conditions, and lack of inmate access to medical care in his annual report released Tuesday.

  Canada

  Jun 30, 2020
• Ontario ombudsman launches long-term care investigation following military report

  Ontario's ombudsman is launching an investigation into the province's oversight of long-term care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Canada

  Jun 1, 2020
• London group pens letter to Ontario ombudsman over planned supervised consumption facility

  The letter comes less than a week after an appeal against the rezoning of 446 York St. was shot down by a provincial tribunal.

  Politics

  Dec 3, 2019
• City of Hamilton meeting in Niagara was ‘illegally closed to the public’: ombudsman

  The February meeting, which involved the city manager recruitment steering committee, generated 77 complaints to the public watchdog's office.

  Politics

  Oct 7, 2019
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• Province’s ombudsman received most complaints about Ontario Cannabis Store

  The Ontario Cannabis Store was the single most complained about government organization of the past fiscal year, according to the Ontario's ombudsman report.

  Cannabis

  Jun 25, 2019
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• Ombudsman to investigate Hamilton’s in-camera Grey Cup bid meeting

  The decision to keep that information behind closed doors is said to have been made to avoid putting Hamilton at a competitive disadvantage.

  Politics

  Feb 11, 2019