Sentences with phrase «new ombudsperson»

On the American side, a new ombudsperson will be created to handle complaints on possible access by national intelligence authorities.

«We will demand that questions around the new Ombudsperson's connections to this issue in his past role at the Ministry of the Attorney General are dealt with so no perception of any conflict remains.

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VICTORIA — New Democrat leader John Horgan released the following statement in response to the government's request that the Standing Committee on Finance ask the Ombudsperson to conduct an investigation into the health firings scandal:

«New Democrat members on the committee, led by committee vice-chair Carole James, will fight to make sure the terms of any investigation undertaken by the Ombudsperson will cover everything that happened, not just the parts around the edges the premier is willing to let the public see.

«New Democrats will demand that the committee, not the government, drafts the referral to the Ombudsperson, ensuring this review is thorough, open, and finally answers the questions that the families, the opposition, and the premier's hand picked reviewer said remained unanswered: Who ordered this firing, and why?»

Since then, reforms have «deemphasize [d] citation counts and empower [ed] ombudspersons to protect whistleblowers,» Schrank and Lee note, but the reforms «are new, and therefore unproven.»

to negotiate a new agreement to protect oceans, approve an annual state of the planet report, set up a major world agency for the environment, and appoint a global «ombudsperson», or high commissioner, for future generations.

While the working party liked the idea of the establishment of the U.S. ombudsperson to handle complaints, it still raised concerns that the new institution would not be sufficiently independent and is not vested with adequate powers to effectively exercise its duty.