BC Ombudsperson, Jay Chalke, released his office’s 2023/24 Annual Report on 19 September 2024. The report highlights the work of his office, under the Ombudsperson Act and Public Interest Disclosure Act, to improve public administration across BC’s public sector.

The Ombudsman, Mr Jack Chan, announced on 19 September 2024 the launch of a direct investigation operation to examine in detail the workflow of and arrangements for recovering public rental housing (“PRH”) flats for reallocation by the authorities.

In March 2023, an instructor from a Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) Centre complained to the Ombudsman Commission alleging wrongful retirement and termination from the Payroll System whilst still ineffective service. 

The Chief Ombudsman has referred record keeping issues identified during his investigation into an official information complaint against Associate Health Minister Casey Costello to the Chief Archivist. Peter Boshier began an investigation after he received a complaint about the Associate Minister’s refusal to release information on ‘who’ wrote or compiled notes she used to formulate the government’s tobacco policy.

Mercredi 18 septembre 2024, Claire Hédon était en déplacement à Tours pour une rencontre avec les acteurs de la Justice du territoire. À l’occasion de ce déplacement, Claire Hédon a pu s’entretenir avec le préfet d’Indre-et-Loire, et profiter d’un temps d’échange sur les particularités du territoire.

On 13 September 2024, Deputy Commissioner for Human Rights Wojciech Brzozowski spoke with representatives of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) at the CHR Office. The main topic of conversation was a draft law separating the positions of the Minister of Justice and the Prosecutor General.

Ombudsman Ger Deering has called for adequate funding to be given to the HSE to avoid younger people with a disability having to live inappropriately in nursing homes.

In a detailed account of the past year, Ombudsman Kevin Brezinski’s annual report outlines the positive outcomes his office generated through 2023-24. Investigations into systemic problems affecting vulnerable Albertans remained at the forefront.