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ANDRÉ MARIN
OMBUDSMAN, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, TORONTO
A TOP 25 WINNER LAST YEAR, MARIN CONTINUES to be a tenacious and
controversial advocate ensuring Ontarians are treated fairly and their tax dollars
are not wasted. One of the biggest issues Marin will be taking on will be a review
of Ontario Hydro's billing practices. He has also released reports on jailhouse
brutality and the Transportation ministry's tracking of drivers with uncontrolled
hypoglycemia. His determination to make sure taxpayers aren't kept in the dark
over what their money is used for has led Ontario to table legislation expanding
the ombudsman's powers of oversight to municipalities, universities, and school
boards. Not everyone is onside with the outspoken Marin and sometimes his
doggedness gets mixed results. Notably in the last 18 months, he tangled online
with the Durham police a er getting anonymous Twitter threats. He identifi ed
a Durham police offi cer as the source of the tweets but an investigation showed
the ombudsman had named the wrong man — it was another offi cer who had
been sending the unwanted tweets. Marin became Ombudsman in 2005, and
was appointed to a second fi ve-year term in 2010.
What voters had to say: "A highly reputable and responsive politician
who listens to the people and advocates on behalf of us against unfair
policies by agencies like the SIU and municipal police forces."
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