General press releases

Ombudsperson Marie Rinfret has announced an impartial and independent investigation into the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux and certain public health institutions.

The report of the Public Inquiry Commission on relations between Indigenous Peoples and certain public services in Québec was released by Commissioner Jacques Viens. The Protecteur du citoyen is attentive to this report and the calls to action it contains.

In the wake of articles published this week concerning the firing of a whistleblower by the Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation, Ombudsperson Marie Rinfret wishes to issue a reminder about the possible recourse for anyone who wants to make a disclosure and enjoy the Protecteur du citoyen’s protection.

Fifty years ago, on November 14, 1968, Québec established an independent, neutral ombudsman with the passage of the Public Protector Act.

Further to a request to the Protecteur du citoyen by the Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ), the Fédération de la Santé du Québec (FSQ-CSQ) and the Association des retraitées et retraités de l’éducation et les autres services publics du Québec (AREQ-CSQ), Ombudsperson Marie Rinfret reiterated the role of the institution.

The Act to facilitate the disclosure of wrongdoings relating to public bodies was passed today in the National Assembly. The Protecteur du citoyen will be given the mandate to handle the disclosure of wrongdoings relating to any public body subject to the Act.

Even though Revenu Québec’s status has been changed and it is now the Agence du revenu du Québec, Québec Ombudsperson remains the ombudsman for taxpayers.