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Ontario ombudsman slams foster care company, child welfare agencies for failing Indigenous girl (Global News)

Andrew Russell & Carolyn Jarvis This link opens in a new tab Global News April 13, 2023 When a 13-year-old Indigenous girl repeatedly went missing from foster care in southwestern Ontario, the company looking after her kept assuring police it had no safety concerns. Johnson Children’s Services …

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Child welfare agencies failed to ensure safety of Indigenous girl at risk of human trafficking, Ombudsman finds

(TORONTO – April 13, 2023) Multiple child welfare organizations failed to ensure the safety of a vulnerable Indigenous girl who repeatedly went missing while she was supposed to be receiving supervised services from a foster care agency, Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé’s latest investigation has found. …

Ombudsman to investigate cases of people with developmental disabilities who are inappropriately housed in hospitals

(TORONTO – March 27, 2023) Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé today announced a new investigation into the plight of adults with developmental disabilities who are inappropriately housed in hospital due to a lack of supports and services in the community. The Ombudsman informed the Ministry of Children, …

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Ombudsman rebukes Toronto children’s aid in first child protection investigation (Law Times)

Aidan Macnab This link opens in a new tab Law Times December 20, 2022 The Children’s Aid Society of Toronto has accepted all 18 recommendations of the Ontario Ombudsman following its first child-welfare investigation since assuming oversight of the province’s child protection agencies. In its …

Newsletter - Ombudsman finds Children’s Aid Society of Toronto repeatedly failed to comply with child protection standards and act in child’s best interests

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'A situation of chronic neglect:' Ombudsman releases scathing report after boy found malnourished and living in squalor (CP24)

Chris Fox This link opens in a new tab CP24 December 20, 2022 A 10-year-old boy was found malnourished and living in squalor in October 2018 but the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto refused to take him into their custody, prompting “horrified” police officers to step in. This according to a newly …

Children’s Aid Society of Toronto repeatedly failed to comply with child protection standards and act in child’s best interests: Ombudsman

(TORONTO – December 19, 2022) The Children’s Aid Society of Toronto repeatedly failed to protect the interests of a young boy despite multiple investigations and reports of concerns about his well-being and living conditions, Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé reveals in his latest investigation report. …

French Language Services Commissioner reports “important advancements” in 2021-2022

(TORONTO – December 7, 2022) French Language Services Commissioner Kelly Burke today called on the province to build on its “strong commitment” to French language services by updating an outdated regulation and improving recruitment of bilingual public servants. In her third Annual Report, the …

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Ombudsman closes file on contentious 2016 chief administrative officer hiring (Standard Reporter)

Bill Sawchuk This link opens in a new tab Standard Reporter Sept. 13, 2022 Ontario Ombudsman J. Paul Dubé has confirmed that his office is closing the file on Niagara’s tainted 2016 chief administrative officer hiring process, expressing thanks for co-operation he experienced from the Region. In …

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Teaching police how to handle people in crisis (The Star)

The Star August 15, 2022 It was as macabre a piece of video as this city has seen, security footage from inside one of Toronto’s iconic streetcars, made the more disturbing for its familiarity. July 27, 2013. An 18-year-old man, after causing a disturbance that empties the streetcar, brandishes a …

Correctional facilities remains top source of complaints to Ontario Ombudsman (QP Briefing)

This link opens in a new tab QP Briefing Edward Djan August 10, 2022 Inmates in Ontario jails were only allowed to leave their cells for 30 minutes a day during lockdowns, according to Ontario’s annual Ombudsman report. The province’s Ombudsman Paul Dubé revealed his office’s annual report on …

Ombudsman calls out Ontario for 'painfully slow' progress on police de-escalation training (CBC News)

This link opens in a new tab CBC News Kate McGillivray August 10, 2022 Six years after Ontario ombudsman Paul Dubé recommended a standardized, mandatory de-escalation training for police across the province, Ontario is no closer to making it happen, he said on Wednesday. "Progress has been …

Increase in cases means help for more Ontarians: Ombudsman

(TORONTO – August 10, 2022) Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé today reported that public concerns and complaints to the provincial watchdog have returned almost to pre-pandemic levels. His office fielded 25,161 complaints and inquiries in fiscal 2021-2022, an increase of 25% over the previous year. Most …