Difference between revisions of "Review of Administrative Decisions for Public Complaints (5:III)"

The procedures created by the BC ''Ombudsperson Act'', RSBC 1996, c 340, furnish an inexpensive means for reviewing decisions and practices of '''provincial''' government bodies. At present, there is no federal equivalent of the provincial Ombudsperson. However, as discussed later in the chapter, there are sectional equivalents in such fields as police enforcement and official languages.               

*The Ombudsperson is empowered to investigate complaints against public sector bodies including provincial ministries and provincially appointed boards, commissions, Crown corporations, and other public institutions where the majority of the board is appointed by the provincial government or is responsible to the government.

*The Schedule to the ''Ombudsperson Act'' also empowers the Ombudsperson to investigate complaints against such entities as provincial corporations, municipalities and regional districts, universities and colleges, hospitals, and governing bodies of professional or occupational associations established by a provincial Act.