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Making it Fair

Welcome to Making it Fair, a podcast brought to you by the Canadian Council of Parliamentary Ombudsman.

This podcast is all about fairness in public administration. We’ll dive deep into why fairness matters, and find out how Ombudsman with special expertise in resolving complaints can make things that are wrong, right.

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Lost Opportunities

In this episode, Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé discusses his latest report – which found that government officials’ overreliance on secrecy in planning the abrupt closure of two youth custody and detention programs in Northern Ontario last year came at a price.

Lost Opportunities

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A Bid for Fairness

This episode focuses on an investigation conducted by British Columbia Ombudsperson Jay Chalke, detailing the story of a vulnerable 60-year-old woman who lost her home after it was sold unfairly by a municipality.

 

A Bid for Fairness

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Fairness: A New Frontier

In this episode Colette Langlois, the Northwest Territories’ first Ombud, speaks with former MLA Wendy Bisaro about the long road to establishing an Ombud’s office in the NWT.

 

Fairness: A New Frontier

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“No” is Never a Complete Sentence

Episode four comes to us from Alberta where Diann Bowes and Chad Bouman join host, Lindsay Sellinger to talk about the shift from commonsense models for decision making to standardized tools. A video related to the podcast, can also be found on the Alberta Ombudsman’s YouTube channel here.

 

“No” is Never a Complete Sentence

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