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...
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...