National Post View: Something is not quite right when Ontario’s watchdog...
Last Wednesday evening, Ontario ombudsman André Marin issued his most striking report yet. The cause? His own job. The medium? Twitter. “In less than 48 hours, u have no Ombudsman. Time to make your...
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Ashley Csanady: ‘Safe spaces’ for politicians? Welcome to the modern campus
The culture of coddling that has stifled debate in university campuses across the continent is now being used to protect the most vulnerable individuals in higher education — student politicians. The...
View ArticleOntario agency paid 350 people $845K retroactively after wrongly cutting off...
TORONTO — Ontario’s ombudsman says complaints about the provincial agency responsible for enforcing court-ordered child and spousal support payments are growing every year. Andre Marin says he...
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Ontario Ombudsman’s term up in four days, and no one’s saying if he’s been...
Ontario’s most bombastic watchdog is running out of rope and the all-party committee deciding his fate can’t agree on an outcome. Ombudsman Andre Marin’s term extension expires Monday, but his office...
View ArticleHydro One customers launch $125M class action lawsuit over billing practices
TORONTO — A class action lawsuit has been launched against Hydro One claiming customers were victims of a new billing system brought in by the utility. The statement of claim, filed Wednesday in...
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Andre Marin out for now: Ontario Liberals seek to appoint deputy as interim...
Ontario will likely have a new ombudsman — at least temporarily — as of Monday, the National Post has learned. That’s when current ombudsman Andre Marin’s term extension expires, and after a breakdown...
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Ontario will be without an ombudsman as of midnight as Andre Marin accuses...
Ontario will be without an ombudsman as of midnight, but the outgoing legislative officer did not go quietly into the night. Current ombudsman Andre Marin’s term expires at midnight, but motions to...
View ArticleDavid Reevely: Ontario Liberals are determined to silence their loudest critic
If I were the Ontario Liberals, I wouldn’t like André Marin, either. The Ontario government ombudsman has been a huge pain in the tuckus for them, with his fearless pursuit of government screwups and...
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Ontario has an ombudsman again, it’s just not Andre Marin… at least for now
The provincial Liberals have used an emergency clause in the Ombudsman Act to appoint an acting legislative officer, but the opposition says it sets a “dangerous precedent.” Julie Oliver/Ottawa...
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Ontario appoints Paul Dubé permanent replacement to André Marin as provincial...
After a bizarre appointment snafu that blew up a normally secretive process, Ontario finally has a permanent ombudsman. Frank Gunn / Canadian PressNow-former Ontario Ombudsman Andre Marin said he would...
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Ontario’s former ombudsman filed law society complaint against critical...
Andre Marin is officially out as Ontario’s ombudsman, but he’s not going quietly into the night. Chris Mikula/Ottawa CitizenWarren Kinsella appears at before a federal inquiry. The outspoken now-former...
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‘This is a job I’ve dreamt of’: Ontario’s ombudsman talks Twitter,...
Ontario’s newest watchdog wants to soften his office’s bark. That doesn’t mean the ombudsman’s office will lose its bite under Paul Dubé, who cut his investigative teeth as Canada’s first Taxpayers’...
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Ex-Ontario ombudsman sues for wrongful dismissal, says Wynne’s office...
Ontario’s erstwhile ombudsman André Marin is suing the Ontario legislature and his former office for wrongful dismissal after he wasn’t awarded a third term in office. Frank Gunn / Canadian...
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Kelly McParland: In Wynne’s Ontario, watchdogs are for muzzling
Ontario’s Liberal government has a problem with watchdogs. Like all grown-up democratic governments, it recognizes the need to have independent agencies tasked with keeping an eye on its activities....
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‘He went bananas’: Complaint filed by Ontario ombudsman office against...
The Law Society of Upper Canada has chosen not to go forward with a complaint filed by the Ontario Ombudsman’s office against an outspoken lawyer who repeatedly criticized a former ombudsman on social...
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‘I said enough is enough’: Ex-Ontario ombudsman to run for Progressive...
Former Ontario ombudsman André Marin wants to run for the opposition Progressive Conservatives in the upcoming Ottawa-Vanier byelection, driven into elected politics by anger over petty tweaks to...
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The week in rear view: Is Ottawa falling out of love with Justin Trudeau?
1. Is Ottawa’s press falling out of love with Trudeau? Gary Clement/National Post You don’t know whether to laugh or cry when you read stuff like this: The Ottawa press gallery has reportedly...
View ArticleDavid Reevely: Lots of smoke but no gunfire in Vanier byelection event
The Ottawa neighbourhood of Vanier has suffered because the provincial government cut funding for the Ottawa police force’s guns and gangs unit, Ottawa-Vanier Progressive Conservative candidate André...
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How two Ontario byelections went from boring to big tests for all parties at...
In any other year, Thursday’s two byelections in Ontario would be staid affairs. Under normal political circumstances — if those even exist anymore — the Progressive Conservatives would have had...
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Ontario court dismisses former ombudsman’s lawsuit alleging Liberals...
TORONTO — A judge has quashed a wrongful dismissal lawsuit by Ontario’s former ombudsman against the legislature and his former office. Andre Marin was not reappointed in 2015 after serving two...
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