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April 26, 2022

Ontario ombudsman's report details flawed closures of youth justice programs in northwest (CBC)

The government was wrong and unreasonable in how it closed custody and detention programs at youth justice facilities in Ontario's northwest region last year, the provincial ombudsman has concluded.
March 31, 2022

L’Université Laurentienne a enfreint la Loi sur les services en français (Le Devoir)

L’Université Laurentienne a enfreint la Loi sur les services en français de l’Ontario en supprimant tous les programmes menant à deux diplômes désignés, a conclu la Commissaire aux services en...
March 31, 2022

Laurentian neglected obligations under French Language Services Act, says language commissioner (CTV)

A new report says Laurentian University, the Ministry of Francophone Affairs and the Ministry of Colleges and Universities neglected their obligations under the law when French language programs were...
March 31, 2022

Le gouvernement Ford a manqué à son devoir de protéger le français à la Laurentienne (Le Droit)

Deux ministères du gouvernement Ford n’ont pas respecté leurs responsabilités d’assurer la protection des services en français à l’Université Laurentienne, a révélé jeudi la commissaire aux services...
March 31, 2022

La Laurentienne et les ministères ont failli à leurs obligations envers la Loi sur les services en français (Le Voyageur)

La commissaire aux services en français de l’Ontario, Kelly Burke, considère que l’Université Laurentienne, le ministère des Affaires francophones et le ministère des Collèges et Universités ont...
March 31, 2022

Enquête: laxisme à Université Laurentienne et au gouvernement selon une commissaire (L'actualité)

L’Université Laurentienne et le gouvernement de l’Ontario se font reprocher d’avoir fait preuve de laxisme dans l’administration des obligations en vertu de la Loi sur les services en français de l...
March 31, 2022

Ombudsman : l’Université Laurentienne a enfreint la Loi sur les services en français (Radio-Canada)

L'Université Laurentienne a enfreint la Loi sur les services en français (LSF) durant son processus de restructuration financière, conclut l'ombudsman de l'Ontario. Deux ministères, dont celui de...
March 31, 2022

La Laurentienne a manqué à ses obligations légales, selon le rapport Burke (ONFR)

Près d’un an après les coupes de programmes à La Laurentienne, l’ombudsman adjointe Kelly Burke a rendu public ce jeudi son rapport d’enquête dans le cadre de la restructuration financière de l...
March 31, 2022

Laurentian University violated French Language Services Act when it cut programs: report (CBC)

The Sudbury university eliminated 29 French-language programs in April 2021
March 31, 2022

Laurentian program cuts violated French Language Services Act, commissioner finds (Sudbury.com)

Commissioner Kelly Burke found Laurentian University, Ministry of Francophone Affairs and the Ministry of Colleges and Universities failed to meet their obligations under the legislation
January 10, 2022

Ontario Ombudsman's French Language Services Unit develops tool to assess French-language services (Law Times)

Fairness, logistics, services, and communication are tool standards
December 13, 2021

Kelly Burke, un rapport à l'image d'une année compliquée (Le Droit)

C'est désormais un classique depuis plusieurs années. Le rapport du Commissariat aux services en français met en lumière les attentes et frustrations de la part des Franco-Ontariens au sujet de leurs...
December 7, 2021

Language commissioner proposes tool to assess availability, quality of French services (QP Briefing)

Ontario French Language Services Commissioner Kelly Burke said her office received 351 complaints related to accessing French language services, a 15 per cent increase from the previous year.
December 7, 2021

Services en français : hausse de 15 % des plaintes en Ontario (Radio-Canada)

La commissaire aux services en français de l'Ontario, Kelly Burke, a reçu 351 plaintes du 1er octobre 2020 au 30 septembre dernier, soit 15 % de plus que l'année précédente.
December 7, 2021

La commissaire aux services en français rapporte plus de plaintes que l’année dernière (ONFR)

Pour son deuxième rapport après la suppression du commissariat indépendant, Kelly Burke, la commissaire aux services en français rattachée à l’Ombudsman de l’Ontario, pointe du doigt la carence en...
June 29, 2021

Des communications d'urgence en français « négligées » par l'Ontario, selon l'ombudsman (Radio-Canada)

Le rapport annuel de l'ombudsman de l'Ontario fait état de 267 plaintes relatives aux services en français et constate un manquement dans les communications en français du gouvernement.
June 29, 2021

Ontario ombudsman highlights lack of oversight of public health units (CP24)

Local public health units, which have been at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19, lack independent oversight, Ontario's ombudsman said Tuesday, calling on the province address the issue as...
June 3, 2021

Ontario Bar Association Tom Marshall Award of Excellence 2021 - Acceptance Remarks

Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé has been named this year’s recipient of the Ontario Bar Association’s Tom Marshall Award of Excellence for Public Sector Lawyers, honouring his contributions to public...
May 20, 2021

Ontario ombudsman calls for overhaul of ‘wholly inadequate’ paramedic services oversight system (Global News)

Ontario’s ombudsman is calling on the provincial government to revamp the oversight system for paramedic services, saying it’s “complicated, overburdened, and wholly inadequate.”
December 10, 2020

French language services commissioner said ‘adequate planning’ would have resolved most complaints (QP Briefing)

French Language Services Commissioner Kelly Burke said most of the complaints her office has received about access to services and materials in French could have been avoided with "adequate planning."
October 6, 2020

Ontario ombudsman blasts ‘outdated’ police training tool that emphasizes weapons over de-escalation, despite repeated calls for change (The Star)

More than four years after a scathing report cited “neglected” provincial officer training as a factor in fatal shootings, the Ontario ombudsman is blasting the “glacial” pace of police reform as the...

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