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Time for a federal ombudsman.
In 1967 two provinces, Alberta and New Brunswick, became world leaders among democratic countries by appointing an ombudsman, as an agent of the legislature, to receive and remedy complaints about bureaucratic action (or inaction). Soon other provinces followed suit, as did governments in other democratic countries at the national, state and municipal levels. Within ten years all provinces except Prince Edward Island had adopted the institution, and by 1995 it had spread around the democratic world.
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