Couverture de presse de l’Ombudsman
- 26/08/2009 - Le Collège Cambrian a offert de l'argent aux étudiants
Environ une douzaine d'étudiants se sont plaints à l'ombudsman de l'Ontario d'avoir été induits en erreur par le collège. Ils affirment qu'ils n'étaient pas qualifiés pour travailler dans leur domaine après avoir obtenu leur diplôme du programme de gestion de l'information en santé. Dans un rapport publié mardi, l'ombudsman André Marin leur donne raison. Le Collège Cambrian nie avoir induit les étudiants en erreur et mentionne que 84 % des étudiants qui ont obtenu leur diplôme du programme travaillent dans le secteur dans lequel ils ont étudié.
- 11/03/2009 - Clarence-Rockland utilisera l'Ombudsman (Le Droit)
La Cité de Clarence-Rockland renonce à son enquêteur municipal et opte pour les services gratuits de l'Ombudsman de l'Ontario en matière d'enquête portant sur la légitimité de huis clos. La municipalité a changé son fusil d'épaule par voie de résolution, lundi soir, à la suite d'un vote majoritaire du conseil municipal.
- 14/01/2009 - L'ombudsman ontarien ne croit pas que la police doit enquêter sur la police (La Presse Canadienne)
WINNIPEG _ Aucune province ne devrait permettre à un corps policier de mener une enquête sur un autre service de police. C'est la conclusion à laquelle est arrivé l'ombudsman de l'Ontario, André Marin, qui vient de terminer une enquête sur l'Unité des enquêtes spéciales de cette province.
- 01/10/2008 - L'UES est trop «craintive», selon l'ombudsman de l'Ontario (Le Droit)
«Faible», «craintif», «trop près de la police». L'ombudsman de l'Ontario n'y va pas de main morte pour décrire l'Unité des enquêtes spéciales (UES) de la province, chargée d'enquêter lorsque des policiers tuent ou blessent un citoyen.
- 03/07/2008 - L’Ombudsman considère une enquête sur la surveillance des soins à long terme par la province
(Canadian Press) The "horror stories" about shocking conditions in the province's nursing homes has prompted Ontario's watchdog to prepare for an investigation into whether the governing Liberals are doing enough to ensure the safety and dignity of elderly residents, The Canadian Press has learned. *en anglais seulement
- 11/04/2008 - Patients welcome investigation into restrictions on vital scans (Waterloo Region Record) *en anglais seulement
Cancer patient Mike Allard welcomed news yesterday of an investigation into access to positive emission tomography scans in Ontario.
- 11/04/2008 - No PET scans - yet: McGuinty (Sudbury Star) *en anglais seulement
Terry Ames is encouraged to hear Ontario's Ombudsman is investigating the provincial government over complaints about restricted access to Positron Emission Tomography scans.
- 10/04/2008 - Limiting cancer patients' access to medical test puts Ontario under microscope (Globe ad Mail) *en anglais seulement
Ontario's Ombudsman is investigating the provincial government over complaints that restricted access to PET scans is unjust - and even compromising the care of cancer patients.
- 28/03/2008 - Assessment numbers targeted (Sarnia Observer) *en anglais seulement
After years of giving homeowners fits over perplexing increases to property assessments, the tables may be turned on the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC).
- 27/03/2008 - Help for homeowners (Globe and Mail) *en anglais seulement
In an effort to change the Byzantine process in which homeowners must engage to appeal their property-tax assessments, the Ontario government plans to put the onus on the assessment agency to prove its case when a taxpayer appeals.
- 27/03/2008 - Ombudsman probing closed Sudbury council meeting on Elton John (CP) *en anglais seulement
A scandal in the wind involving Elton John concert tickets and Sudbury city council has caught the attention of Ontario's ombudsman. Many residents of the northern Ontario city who couldn't get tickets to the sold-out March 2 concert by the pop music legend were fuming after learning that city council had early access to a block of 100 reserved tickets.
- 09/03/2008 - We're lucky to have Andre Marin on our side (Toronto Sun) *en anglais seulement
Police officer Richard Wills murdered his lover Linda Mariani. Instead of owning up to what he did, like a man, he made up a cock and bull story about how Linda died accidentally.
- 28/02/2008 - Editorial: Law must deal with aid abuse (Hamilton Spectator) *en anglais seulement
It is one of the most basic premises of our justice system that every accused person has access to a proper defence.
- 27/02/2008 - Killer’s $1.2M legal aid a ‘fiasco’ (Toronto Star) *en anglais seulement
Ontario's watchdog has blasted the legal aid system over the Richard Wills murder case, calling it a "financial fiasco" and an "abuse of public money" that could be repeated if immediate changes are not made to the law.
- 27/02/2008 - Ontario's legal soaking by the incredible Mr. Wills (Globe and Mail) *en anglais seulement
For those who didn't pay attention to Regina v. Wills as it unfolded in the courts of Newmarket, Ont., last fall, or particularly to the follow-the- money story which came a little later, yesterday's report from Ontario Ombudsman Andre Marin will be alarming.
- 08/02/2008 - Why are municipalities spending money this way? (The Free Press) *en anglais seulement
Why should the taxpayer pay for private services when perfectly good public ones are available for free? Good question, and the municipal governments of Simcoe County should be answering it.
- 30/01/2008 - 'Pussyfooting' with MPAC: Ombudsman blasts province for foot-dragging on 'reverse onus' for tax assessment (Toronto Sun) *en anglais seulement
Provincial Ombudsman Andre Marin said the government is "pussyfooting" with a key recommendation he made almost two years ago on the government's tax assessment system.
- 16/01/2008 - Letter: Ombudsman option should have been explored (The Sun Times) *en anglais seulement
The Counterpoint op-ed by Phil McNichol on open meetings ("A partial victory for the people's right to know, January 12, 2008) is vexing in parts. To be sure, ensuring that meetings of municipal councils are only closed for appropriate reasons specified in the Municipal Act and that the public has a means of challenging the closing of meetings are very important developments in the law.
- 16/01/2008 - Town has a date with the ombudsman (The Review) *en anglais seulement
Fort Erie is the first municipality in Ontario to be taken to the ombudsman to answer to a public complaint, under new legislation on closed-door meetings.
- 03/01/2008 - Ombudsman widens aim; Now he can investigate complaints about Brampton hospital (Toronto Sun) *en anglais seulement
The provincial appointment of a supervisor to oversee Brampton Civic Hospital means the province's watchdog now has jurisdiction to investigate complaints against the facility.
- 02/03/2007 - Ombudsman stands up for Ontarians (Cornwall Standard-Freeholder)
Members of the provincial bureaucracy can't be too happy with Andre Marin these days. But as our ombudsman, his job is to shine a light on the dark recesses within our institutions, not to become "Mr. Popular."
- 02/03/2007 - Delay disgusting (Midland Free Press)
If you're caught speeding or not wearing your seatbelt, you pay a victims' surcharge, but it appears victims of crime in this province are having a difficult time accessing funds from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.
- 01/03/2007 - Board adding insult to injury (Barrie Examiner)
If you're caught speeding or not wearing your seatbelt, you pay a victims' surcharge, but it appears victims of crime in this province are having a difficult time accessing funds from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.
- 01/03/2007 - Victims' board needs a heart (Hamilton Spectator)
Dalton McGuinty's government has certainly responded swiftly to a scathing report on the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board by Ontario ombudsman Andre Marin.
- 01/03/2007 - Victims of crime victimized again (Toronto Star)
Victims of violent crime in Ontario who turn to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board for financial help are supposed to receive "compassionate, sensitive, patient and fair services."
- 01/03/2007 - Crime victims face physical, financial and emotional distress: StatsCan (Canadian Press)
Canadians who are victimized by crimes, whether violent or non-violent, face significant physical, financial and emotional distress stemming from such incidents, says a study released Thursday by Statistics Canada.
- 28/02/2007 - Ontario Ombudsman slams criminal injury compensation board as 'colossal failure' (The Globe and Mail)
Chronically underfunded, absurdly bureaucratic, Ontario's Criminal Injuries Compensation Board is a "colossal failure" that treats people "like rats in a cage," the provincial Ombudsman said yesterday in a blistering indictment of the board and it's overseer, the Ministry of the Attorney-General.
- 28/02/2007 - Victims treated like 'rats'; Ontario's ombudsman highlights two London (The London Free Press)
An Ontario agency meant to help victims of crime and their families financially instead treats them "like rats in a maze," a scathing report released yesterday said.
- 01/02/2007 - Exposing the cruelty that Aucoin faced (St. Catharines Standard)
You have to figure it takes a lot to shock Andre Marin. After all, he has been an ombudsman foralmost 10 years, first with the Department of National Defence and, since April 2005, with the Ontario government. It's his job to help the victims of bureaucratic bungling and indifference. (en anglais seulement)
- 01/02/2007 - Province's treatment of local cancer patient was shameful (Niagara Falls Review)
Ontario's ombudsman Andre Marin couldn't have been more scathing in his report condemning the treatment Suzanne Aucoin of St. Catharines received from the provincial Ministry of Health.
- 01/02/2007 - Aucoin, Marin merit pat on back (Toronto Star)
Bravo to cancer patient Suzanne Aucoin for fighting the good fight while struggling with an internal demon that threatened her physical and emotional health.
- 01/02/2007 - Time for two-tier health-care system (Toronto Star)
Letter to the Editor, re: Ontario to pay $76,000 bill.
- 31/01/2007 - Ombudsman wants oversight of police-complaints superagency
A proposed independent body that would investigate complaints against police will have the power to demand answers from police chiefs and officers, but won't be accountable to the public, Ontario Ombudsman Andre Marin said yesterday in an effort to change legislation before it becomes law. (en anglais seulement)
- 31/01/2007 - Ontario to pay $76,000 drug bill (Toronto Star)
She's fighting colon cancer but Suzanne Aucoin is elated after a rare personal apology from Ontario's health ministry, which admitted it was wrong in refusing to pay for her chemotherapy in Buffalo and is reimbursing her every penny. (en anglais seulement)
- 30/01/2007 - Ombudsman defending his turf (Toronto Sun)
It is an age-old dilemma that perplexes any society -- seeking justice for all while protecting the rights of individuals against the excesses of those who enforce the law. In short, who polices the police? Police put their lives on the line to protect us from the bad guys --murderers, rapists, child abusers, punks who gun down shoppers on Yonge St. (en anglais seulement) Even so, the police, as an armed and paramilitary force, must be scrutinized, reined in at times and held to account.
- 24/01/2007 - Watchdog pleads for children's aid oversight Ombudsman cites CAS 'horror' stories that his office is powerless to remedy
Tragedies such as the teen who pleaded guilty this week to murdering a toddler in a foster home prove it is time Ontario's provincially funded children's aid societies were held accountable, Ontario's ombudsman says. (en anglais seulement)