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    November 29, 2009

    Ontario uncaps Avastin funding in wake of Ombudsman probe

    Ontario Ombudsman André Marin today welcomed the province’s announcement that it will uncap the funding of Avastin for colorectal cancer patients. Mr. Marin recommended that the “absurd and...
    October 1, 2009

    Statement by Ontario Ombudsman André Marin on Avastin funding

    Yesterday, I issued A Vast Injustice, a report on my investigation into the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care’s decision-making concerning the funding of Avastin for colorectal cancer patients...
    September 30, 2009

    Ministry decision to restrict cancer drug “verges on cruelty” - Ombudsman finds cap on Avastin funding unreasonable and wrong

    The Ontario government’s funding cutoff for patients taking the cancer drug Avastin is unreasonable, wrong and “verges on cruelty,” Ontario Ombudsman André Marin’s latest investigation has found.
    August 25, 2009

    Ontario Ombudsman urges stricter controls on colleges: Cambrian left students unqualified; Ministry “abdicated responsibility”

    Ontario Ombudsman André Marin today issued a strong back-to-school warning to the provincial government to keep a closer eye on colleges, to ensure students are getting the education they pay for.
    July 14, 2009

    Ontario Ombudsman calls on government to better protect students: Ministry incompetence led to private career college “disaster”

    Ontario Ombudsman André Marin today urged the province’s Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities to get tougher on unscrupulous private career colleges.
    April 29, 2009

    Ombudsman finds closed Oshawa meeting illegally involved lobbying, not just ‘education’

    Ontario Ombudsman André Marin has found a city of Oshawa committee met inappropriately behind closed doors with a private business in a “lobbying” session that was supposed to be for “education and...
    April 27, 2009

    Ontario Ombudsman censures Oshawa for "pirating" report

    Ontario Ombudsman André Marin today tabled a report signalling to municipalities that they must respect the law when they engage the services of his office.
    September 30, 2008

    Special Investigations Unit must dispel “toothless tiger” image

    Ombudsman investigation finds culture of complacency at SIU.
    June 3, 2008

    Ombudsman calls for clarity on new home warranty program

    Ontario Ombudsman André Marin today called on the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services to clarify its relationship with Tarion Warranty Corp. in its communications with new homeowners and the...
    February 26, 2008

    BACKGROUNDER - A Test of Wills Key Dates

    A Test of Wills Key Dates.
    February 26, 2008

    Ombudsman calls for new law to avert legal aid “fiascos”

    Ontario Ombudsman André Marin today called on the province to change the law to prevent further legal aid fiascos like the Richard Wills murder case.
    April 13, 2007

    Ombudsman’s intervention resolves mental health services crisis

    Traumatized children of Ontario soldiers serving in Afghanistan will get the mental health services they need in the wake of the latest investigation by Ombudsman André Marin.
    March 26, 2007

    Ombudsman urges regulation of lotteries to restore trust, Province and OLG vow to act on recommendations

    Ontario Ombudsman André Marin today called on the provincial government to regulate its lottery system as it does other gaming activities, in the wake of his office’s special investigation into the...
    February 27, 2007

    Ombudsman finds Ontario broke its promise to crime victims, Ministry of Attorney General acting contrary to law

    Ontario’s compensation system for crime victims is hurting the very people it is supposed to help, Ombudsman André Marin says in his report released today, Adding Insult to Injury.
    August 9, 2006

    Ontario’s Family Responsibility Office dropped the ball in collecting delinquent child support

    In his most recent report titled, “It's All in the Name,” Ontario’s Ombudsman André Marin found that the Ontario Family Responsibility Office needs to accept greater responsibility for ensuring that...
    May 31, 2006

    Ontario’s most vulnerable are losing out

    Ontario’s disabled have lost out on disability benefits to the tune of at least $6 million, as a result of delays in processing their applications for support by the Ministry of Community and Social...
    March 28, 2006

    MPAC in credibility crisis

    The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) is experiencing a crisis of credibility and must take real and concrete steps to improve public confidence in the assessment system, Ombudsman...
    September 1, 2005

    Ombudsman finds Ministry bound by its own red tape

    Bureaucratic obfuscation, errors, excuses and omissions are just some of the criticisms Ombudsman André Marin leveled at officials at the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care in his report titled,...
    April 25, 2005

    Children with severe disabilities focus of Ombudsman’s first Special Investigation

    The Ombudsman of Ontario, André Marin, announced the launch of a new special Ombudsman response team and its first major investigation at a press conference held earlier today.