Reports
Manitoba Ombudsman receives thousands of complaints and opens hundreds of investigations under our four mandates each year. Investigation reports are only published publicly if the Ombudsman feels the matter in the report is of significant public interest and impact, or when required. Investigation reports may find that a complaint is supported (evidence is found that supports the nature or the complaint) or not supported (no evidence to support the nature of the complaint) and can provide the findings and conclusion of the investigation. In some cases, the report will also have recommendations made to the public body or trustee that we ask them to review, respond to and accept. Our goal is to help improve public services with strengthened practices of fairness, transparency, accountability and privacy protection. Here you will find investigation and monitoring reports, audits and reviews, and annual reports. You will also find our status reports on the implementation of recommendations made in Provincial Court of Manitoba inquests.
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Case MO-00294
The complainant made two applications for access to the City of Winnipeg – Winnipeg Police Service (the WPS) for copies of written complaints and compliments submitted to the WPS Professional Standards Unit. The WPS refused…
investigations & monitoring
fippa
Russell Spence was the subject of a well-being call made to Winnipeg Police Services at the end of the day on October 11, 2016 at his request. On their arrival, police arrested Mr. Spence and…
inquest monitoring Case MO03035
The ombudsman received a complaint that the Municipality of Harrison Park did not provide adequate public notice of a council committee meeting. When we received the complaint, the municipality did not have a procedure to…
investigations & monitoring
municipal / local body Case MO-01541 2020-0251
Report with Recommendations & the Response to the Recommendations In March of 2020 Southern Health-Sante Sud regional health authority (the RHA) became aware of a privacy breach where a privacy officer was accessing personal health…
investigations & monitoring
health facility, body or trustee Case MO-04206
An individual complained to our office that Manitoba Municipal and Northern Relations (formerly Indigenous Reconciliation and Northern Relations) acted unfairly when it withdrew approval to construct solar panels and imposed an unreasonable timeline to relocate…
investigations & monitoring
ombudsman act
Link to inquest report Freeman Zong was taken into custody by Dauphin RCMP officers on July 11, 2016, after the RCMP received reports that Mr. Zong had discharged a firearm and was threatening self-harm. After…
inquest monitoring Case MO-02594
Three residents in the Rural Municipality (RM) of Harrison Park complained to our office that a council member of the Rural Municipality of Harrison Park violated The Municipal Council Conflict of Interest (MCCOI) Act by…
investigations & monitoring
municipal / local body Case 2020-1304 & MO-00783
Manitoba Families. Follow-up on the status of the department’s implementation of nine privacy breach recommendations identified in Manitoba Ombudsman’s April 2021 Children’s disAbility Services (CDS) systemic investigation. The investigation concerned a privacy breach where the…
investigations & monitoring
health facility, body or trustee CASE MO-00342
Manitoba Health and Manitoba Consumer Protection and Government Services; review of the privacy implications of the province’s immunization card initiative, a public health response to Covid-19. Manitoba Ombudsman found that the collection, use, and disclosure…
investigations & monitoring
health facility, body or trustee
Link to inquest report On September 20, 2015, Haki Sefa was the subject of a well-being check due to concerned family members. Mr. Sefa was not located at his home, nor did he answer his…
inquest monitoring
Link to inquest report. Jean-Paul Beaumont was found unresponsive by fellow inmates on October 14, 2012 at Brandon Correctional Institution. In the hours leading up to the last time he was seen alive, other inmates…
inquest monitoring
Report Results
Investigation Report: FIPPA Refused Access – City of Winnipeg Winnipeg Police Service
Recommendation Monitoring of the Inquest into the Death of Russell Andrew Spence
Investigation Report: Ombudsman Act – Rural Municipality of Harrison Park – Public Notice of Council Committee Meetings
Investigation Report: PHIA Privacy Breach Southern Health-Santé Sud
Investigation Report: Ombudsman Act – Manitoba Municipal and Northern Relations
Recommendation Monitoring of the Inquest into the Death of Freeman Thomas Gustave Zong
Investigation Report: Ombudsman Act – Rural Municipality of Harrison Park – Conflict of Interest
Monitoring Report: PHIA Privacy Breach – Children’s disAbility Services
Investigation Report: PHIA Privacy Impact Review Immunization Card Initiative – Manitoba Health and Manitoba Consumer Protection and Government Services
Recommendation Monitoring of the Inquest into the Death of Haki Sefa and Mark DiCesare
Recommendation Monitoring of the Inquest into the Death of Jean-Paul Beaumont