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Investigative Reports

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Our public reports are the result of Ombudsperson investigations. These reports and the recommendations we make hold organizations accountable for their actions and help to improve public services for all.

Time to Right the Wrong

This report draws attention to government's inaction in issuing an unconditional apology and compensation to the approximately 200 children apprehended and confined at a former tuberculosis sanatorium in New Denver between 1953 and 1959. The...
July 18, 2023

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September 6, 2023
Misinformed: How the Ministry of Children and Family Development failed in its permanency planning obligations to a youth in care
Misinformed details the experience of a young woman who was removed from an unsafe family home multiple times during her…
July 18, 2023
Time to Right the Wrong
This report draws attention to government’s inaction in issuing an unconditional apology and compensation to the approximately 200 children apprehended…
December 13, 2022
Making Amends: The importance of exercising discretion fairly
This report tells the story of Ms. M., a woman in her 70s who was known as Elizabeth her whole…
November 29, 2022
2022 Final Assessment: Misfire
In April 2017, the Ombudsperson’s office released Misfire: The 2012 Ministry of Health Employment Terminations and Related Matters. Misfire was…
July 26, 2022
2022 Investigative Update: Committed to Change
The Ombudsperson’s 2019 report resulted from an investigation into whether mental health facilities were complying with the procedural requirements for…
May 31, 2022
Short-Changed: Ensuring federal benefits paid to the province reach caregivers of children with disabilities
This report focuses on an investigation of the “Taylors”, grandparents caring for their granddaughter “Jesse”. The Ministry of Children and…