Manitoba Ombudsman

Manitoba Ombudsman is one of the independent offices of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. The ombudsman role was established in 1970 to act on behalf of citizens when they had a grievance with government. Since then, the ombudsmans mandate has expanded to encompass access to information, privacy and whistleblower matters and the number of public sector organizations that fall under the jurisdiction of the ombudsman has increased. Manitobas Ombudsman Act incorporates the hallmarks of legislative ombudsmen seen in many jurisdictions around the world: independence of the office broad powers of investigation informal procedures for conducting investigations non-adversarial approaches to the resolution of problems the power to make recommendations the power to report publicly The ombudsman conducts independent, impartial, and non-partisan investigations into complaints about access to information and privacy matters, the fairness of government actions or decisions, and...