Read about the latest updates and events from Ombudsman Toronto, including public presentations, updates on investigations, training, and messages from the Ombudsman.
January 2, 2018
The City of Toronto Ombudsman has begun an Enquiry into the recent confusion over the winter programs offered to the city’s homeless.
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September 28, 2017
The City of Toronto’s Ombudsman says it is only fair that the City repay a senior citizen $462,000 it got from the sale of his house.
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September 22, 2017
Toronto’s Ombudsman Susan Opler today added her voice to the City officials who have called on residential landlords across Toronto to immediately turn off the heat in their buildings until the current heatwave is over.
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September 21, 2017
The City of Toronto’s Ombudsman today released the reports of three Enquiries into complaints about three different City services: parking ticket disputes, noise complaints, and notifications of zoning variance requests.
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June 28, 2017
Susan Opler today released the report of an Investigation into the City’s process for handling development charge complaints. Mr. D contacted Ombudsman Toronto after City staff refused to give him a hearing before City Council’s Executive Committee. He was unhappy about how the City had dealt with his building permit and the development charges he incurred.
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May 19, 2017
The City of Toronto Ombudsman says the City’s Parks, Forestry and Recreation division (PF&R) cancelled a permit to use an east-end park too quickly and without a fair process.
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April 21, 2017
Toronto’s Ombudsman says the Toronto Transit Commission needs to improve oversight and supervision of the transit enforcement staff working at its stations and on its trains, buses and streetcars.
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March 23, 2017
The City of Toronto’s new Ombudsman Susan Opler says her office is building on its accomplishments as it continues its work looking into problems with City services and recommending improvements.
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December 20, 2016
Staff at the City of Toronto will be honoured tomorrow for their exceptional work in proactively resolving complaints about city services. Ombudsman Susan Opler will present the 2016 Ombudsman Public Service Awards to Natalie Brown, Ted Van Vliet and a unit of the City’s Employment and Social Services Division.
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July 15, 2016
City Council unanimously appointed Susan E. Opler as Toronto’s Ombudsman, effective September 12.
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