This article was last updated on April 16, 2022
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Ontario’s ombudsman, Andre Marin, has accused the governing Liberals to have completely failed in fulfilling the promises, made during the G20 summit in Toronto almost three years ago, regarding the replacement of laws that resulted in “massive” violation of civil rights. Marin had previously investigated the G20 “fence” law or police rule in 2010, and pointed towards the province’s lack of action as one of three key points of his 2012-13 report.
Additionally, Marin’s report also pointed out other issues he had previously addressed, including the province’s Special Investigations Unit, which he claims still has teeth in investigating police involved in cases of serious injury or death. Marin is a former head of the Ontario SIU. He lastly criticized the Liberals for delaying the regulation of non-emergency medical transfers to protect patients, even though he was promised of such actions almost two years ago.
The annual report of provincial watchdog revealed that the ombudsman received more than 19,000 complaints and inquiries in the past year, which he pointed out to be an increment from last year. In contradiction, he also detailed the progress made on other fronts, including the dealing of operational stress injuries and suicide among Ontario Provincial Police officers. In past years, Marin had insisted on the government to give him oversight of hospitals, nursing homes, municipalities, universities and school boards, because he had to turn down more than 2,500 complaints about them. Overall, the annual report was an amalgamation of the reviews conducted by his office in the past year and the ongoing investigations of his office.
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