April 13, 2023
Ontario ombudsman slams foster care company, child welfare agencies for failing Indigenous girl (Global News)
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.
December 20, 2022
'A situation of chronic neglect:' Ombudsman releases scathing report after boy found malnourished and living in squalor (CP24)
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...
April 27, 2022
Ombudsman report details failures by province in handling closure of youth detention facilities (TBnewswatch.com)
The Ontario Ombudsman released a report that includes 16 recommendations after finding the provincial government’s plan and implementation to close two Northern Ontario youth custody and detention...
April 26, 2022
Ontario’s ‘secrecy’ when closing youth jails hurt Indigenous teens, ombud finds (The Star)
Provincial government officials “deliberately avoided transparency” when they abruptly closed two youth jails in northern Ontario last year, leaving staff in the dark while failing to consider the...
April 26, 2022
Ontario ombudsman's report details flawed closures of youth justice programs in northwest (CBC)
The government was wrong and unreasonable in how it closed custody and detention programs at youth justice facilities in Ontario's northwest region last year, the provincial ombudsman has concluded.
March 31, 2022
Laurentian neglected obligations under French Language Services Act, says language commissioner (CTV)
A new report says Laurentian University, the Ministry of Francophone Affairs and the Ministry of Colleges and Universities neglected their obligations under the law when French language programs were...
December 7, 2021
Language commissioner proposes tool to assess availability, quality of French services (QP Briefing)
Ontario French Language Services Commissioner Kelly Burke said her office received 351 complaints related to accessing French language services, a 15 per cent increase from the previous year.
May 20, 2021
Ontario ombudsman calls for overhaul of ‘wholly inadequate’ paramedic services oversight system (Global News)
Ontario’s ombudsman is calling on the provincial government to revamp the oversight system for paramedic services, saying it’s “complicated, overburdened, and wholly inadequate.”
December 10, 2020
French language services commissioner said ‘adequate planning’ would have resolved most complaints (QP Briefing)
French Language Services Commissioner Kelly Burke said most of the complaints her office has received about access to services and materials in French could have been avoided with "adequate planning."
October 6, 2020
Ontario ombudsman blasts ‘outdated’ police training tool that emphasizes weapons over de-escalation, despite repeated calls for change (The Star)
More than four years after a scathing report cited “neglected” provincial officer training as a factor in fatal shootings, the Ontario ombudsman is blasting the “glacial” pace of police reform as the...