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...96. Ombudsman Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 340. Authors Cited. Great B...
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... an extent that they inevitably act as "ombudsman, social worker, legal advocate and even father-con...
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Supreme Court of Canada
British Columbia Development Corporation v. Friedmann (Ombudsman), [1984] 2 S.C.R. 447
Date: 1984-11-22
British Columbia Deve...
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... Remedies. Injunction. Consumer Ombudsman. Any person or organization with sufficient lega...
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Cour suprême du Canada
British Columbia Development Corporation c. Friedmann (Ombudsman), [1984] 2 R.C.S. 447
Date: 1984-11-22
British Columbia Devel...
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Shahid Minto, named procurement ombudsman designate last September, was officially appointed as the Government of Canada's first Procurement Ombudsman on May 5, 2008. He is a chartered accountant with a master's degree in political science and a professional degree in law. He joined the Office of the Auditor General (AG) in 1977 and served as Assistant AG from 1989 to 2005. Minto then worked as Chief Risk Officer at Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSQ from September 2005 to September 2007, with a mandate "to strengthen the fairness, transparency and accountability of the department's operations and manage the department's ethics and fairness monitoring programs." He now works with a staff of 20 and an annual budget of some $5 million.
I have been given a mandate and I am ...
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Does the NDP not understand that privacy and ID theft protection issues are important to Manitobans? I don't think so. In fact, the NDP's Greg Selinger has recognized that "identity theft is increasing across the continent. In 2003, about 900,000 Canadians were victims." Yet, the NDP did not support or offer an alternative to the private members bill titled The Personal Information Protection and Identify Theft Prevention Act, when it was debated in the legislature last year.
Last year, the NDP's Gord Mackintosh promised that the government would introduce in the fall session changes to provincial legislation to find ways to improve access and privacy laws. According to Mackintosh, some of the changes under consideration include "determining the best way to resolve disputes about access...
... like most other provinces, our ombudsman doesn't have order-making power, our freedom of in...
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...Sydney: NSW Ombudsman, 2006. Bird, Robert. "An Examination of the Traini...
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