On January 18, 2022, the Québec Ombudsperson presented a brief to the Committee on Culture and Education concerning Bill 9 – Act respecting the National Student Ombudsman.
The Protecteur du citoyen received a report about the CHSLDs of Chaudière-Appalaches. Apparently, the presence of a nurse was not ensured at all times. The Protecteur du citoyen decided to intervene.
On November 25, 2021, the Québec Ombudsperson sent the Committee on Citizen Relations a brief on Bill 1 – Act to amend the Educational Childcare Act to improve access to the educational childcare services network and complete its development.
A student learned that she no longer qualified for instruction in English. Her father took steps for her to at least finish secondary school in English. When he had not heard back by the start of the school year, he contacted the Protecteur du citoyen.
The Québec Ombudsperson is the new president of the Association des Ombudsmans et Médiateurs de la Francophonie (AOMF). Marie Rinfret was elected for a three-year term of office on Thursday, November 25, 2021.
In May 2020, the Protecteur du citoyen announced that it would conduct an investigation on how the COVID-19 crisis was handled in CHSLDs during the first wave of the pandemic—the most deadly and di
Every year in Québec, more than 21,000 elderly people need a place in a public residential resource. The Protecteur du citoyen investigated the rules and practices surrounding access to permanent residential resources. On October 28, 2021, it released a special report on the subject.
On October 14, 2021, let’s mark Ombuds Day together.
On October 7, 2021, Québec Ombudsperson sent a brief to the Committee on Culture and Education on Bill 96, Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec.
A teenager was living in a foster family. She said that while she lived there, she did not get her personal-expense allowance. She complained to the Protecteur du citoyen.
