SOCI 3410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Atlantic Canada
21 Apr 2013
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Oversee ontario ministries, crown corporations, tribunals, agencies, boards. Don"t oversee judges and courts, cabinet, private matters, federal government, mush sectors (municipalities, universities, school boards, hospitals, child aids, police. The ombudsman can intervene when. : appears to have been contrary to law, was unreasonable, unjust, oppressive or improperly discriminatory, was based wholly or partly on a mistake of law or fact, was wrong. Strong power of investigation, enter premises, interview witnesses etc. Resisting or obstructing ombudsman is an offence. Moral suasion: a persuasion tactic used by an authority (i. e. federal reserve board) to influence and pressure, but not force, banks into adhering to policy. Major field investigations issues of significant public interest. Lotteries (retailers scamming the individual, individual wins lottery but the retailer gives the individual when he really won million) types of cases they handle. Go through a process before issue goes to sort.
