ONTARIO FAILS TO ALLOW SCRUTINY OF HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS: MARIN

TORONTO - Ontario Ombudsman Andre Marin joined a growing chorus of Ontarians today when he issued a report calling on the Ontario government to keep their promise to extend his oversight to include education and health care.

Currently, Ontario residents have no advocate with which to lodge serious complaints about provincially-run schools and hospitals.

Echoing concerns from Ontario’s NDP, and citizen groups such as the Canadian Council for Religious Freedom, Marin took the government to task for rejecting the very the protections it had promised.

“It is one thing to resolve a case quickly, which we often do without resorting to a formal investigation or report. But if the resolution is not followed up with action, it’s as hollow as a broken promise,” Mr. Marin told reporters at Queen’s Park Tuesday morning. “Ontario is a have-not province when it comes to accountability.”  (more...)

ONTARIO FAILS TO ALLOW SCRUTINY OF HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS: MARIN