Press releases

Further to a flurry of media articles, the Protecteur du citoyen wishes to make certain clarifications about its investigation conclusion titled Keep the political office’s role sealed off from the administrative apparatus’ role in awarding subsidies.

On the occasion of the third anniversary of the tabling of the report of the Public Inquiry Commission on relations between Indigenous Peoples and certain public services in Québec: listening, reconciliation and progress, Protecteur du citoyen Marc-André Dowd highlights the work done to date by his organization to ensure follow-up on the calls for action.

On the occasion of Whistleblower Awareness Day, March 24, 2022, the members of the Public Integrity Partners Forum highlight the crucial contribution that whistleblowers make to public integrity.

On March 3, 2022, the Québec Ombudsperson released a special report on Student Financial Assistance. She made 22 recommendations to the Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur and one to the Minister.

Today, Québec Ombudsperson released her findings on how the COVID-19 crisis in CHSLDs was handled during the first wave of the pandemic. In her special report tabled in the National Assembly, she made 27 recommendations to the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux and to the Minister.

Today, Québec Ombudsperson Marie Rinfret released a special report on access to public residential resources that respects the rights and needs of elderly people and their families. The report documents the reality of elderly people who are waiting for a place in a substitute environment and spells out what needs to occur immediately to correct the access mechanism.

Today Québec Ombudsperson Marie Rinfret’s 2020-2021 Annual Report was tabled in the National Assembly. Her findings about the quality and integrity of Québec’s public services brought into sharp focus the need to learn from the COVID-19 crisis.