Annual reports

In his 2021-2022 Annual Report, Protecteur du citoyen Marc-André Dowd notes that detainees’ usual routine was radically disrupted because of understaffing and the consequences of the pandemic, notably, measures to combat the virus.

Today, Protecteur du citoyen Marc-André Dowd tabled his 2021-2022 Annual Report at the National Assembly. Year after year, the Protecteur du citoyen’s Annual Report examines serious shortcomings in health services and social services, such as understaffing, slashed budgets, red tape and service cuts.

In her 2020-2021 Annual Report, Québec Ombudsperson Marie Rinfret pointed out that the health measures implemented in correctional facilities because of COVID-19 wreaked havoc on usual practices and undermined detainees’ rights.

In her 2020-2021 Annual Report, Québec Ombudsperson Marie Rinfret pinpoints major flaws in the quality of the public services provided by Government of Québec departments and agencies. This year’s investigations also revealed wrongdoing within certain public bodies.

In her 2020-2021 Annual Report, Québec Ombudsperson Marie Rinfret pinpoints major flaws in the health and social services network. She is urging government to acknowledge recurrent problems and quickly adopt and implement solutions.

In her 2019-2020 Annual Report, Ombudsperson Marie Rinfret notes that despite her repeated requests, the required changes to health services and social services in correctional facilities still have not been made across Québec.

In her 2019-2020 Annual Report, Ombudsperson Marie Rinfret describes the main shortcomings in the quality of the public services provided by Government of Québec departments and agencies. She also underscores failings in the integrity of certain public bodies.

In her 2019-2020 Annual Report, Ombudsperson Marie Rinfret describes the shortcomings observed in her investigations of the health and social services network. She speaks out against situations in which people who are among society’s most vulnerable do not get the services they have the right to receive. In many cases, facilities and institutions have long been aware of these major failings.