March newsletter: Ombudsman Dubé publishes “final report” as his 10-year-term ends, and more – Ombudsman Ontario

Today is the last day of Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé’s 10-year term. On March 24, he published a special report summarizing his decade in office.

His report, A Decade of Promoting Fairness: Expanding Access, Impact and Value details the progress achieved and lessons learned in those expansions – as well as dozens of investigations and hundreds of thousands of individual cases – and emphasizes the resulting value for Ontarians:

“My hope is that Ontarians come to see their Ombudsman as more than useful or helpful, but as truly indispensable,” he writes. “No other institution in Ontario has the mandate, the independence or the capacity to promote fairness and respect for rights in public services in the way we do. At a time when confidence in public institutions cannot be taken for granted, that role has never been more important.”

Read More: https://mailchi.mp/ombudsman/ombudsman-ontario-newsletter-august-3600221