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André Marin (born January 12, 1965) is a Canadian lawyer and Ombudsman. He was appointed as Ombudsman of Ontario by the Ontario Legislative Assembly on April 1, 2005 and was reappointed on June 1, 2010 to a second five-year term. Before 2005, he was the first Ombudsman for the Canadian Armed Forces and Director of the Ontario Special Investigations Unit. In the 2009 book Provincial and Territorial Ombudsman Offices in Canada, academics Stewart Hyson and Gary Munro describe him as “the model for Ombudsmanship in Canada."

Early career

After graduating with civil and common law degrees from the University of Ottawa's National Program, Marin worked as an assistant Crown attorney and part-time professor of law in Ottawa, Canada until 1996. From September 1996 to June 1998, he was Director of Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU), Canada’s only independent civilian agency for investigating incidents in which police officers have caused serious injury or death.

In June 1998, Marin became Canada’s first military Ombudsman, responsible for the investigation of complaints from members of the Canadian forces. He created the “Special Ombudsman Response Team” (SORT) for investigating broad systemic issues, such as post-traumatic stress disorder among soldiers, compensation for the families of soldiers who are killed or wounded, and chemical agent testing during World War II.

Ontario Ombudsman

Marin is the sixth Ombudsman of Ontario since 1975 and the first to be reappointed. He reorganized the office to handle some 14,000 individual public complaints and inquiries as well as about half a dozen major systemic investigations each year. His "Special Ombudsman Response Team" (SORT) — a team of investigators who conduct large-scale field investigations into high-profile, complex issues — has raised the public profile of the Toronto-based Office of the Ombudsman and led to government reforms affecting millions of Ontarians. SORT investigations have prompted major overhauls of, among other things, the province’s procedures for newborn screening, its property tax assessment system, funding for the disabled and special-needs children, out-of-country medical treatment, crime victim compensation, legal aid and the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation.

Marin’s direct language, his investigation model and his promotion of technology and transparency have “reinvigorated the Ombudsman idea in Canada” and “set a standard for the rest of the country,” authors Hyson and Munro state in Provincial and Territorial Ombudsman Offices in Canada. They note that since Marin’s appointment, “the Ontario Ombudsman has had a very high public profile that has generated considerable news coverage because the office has fulfilled its role expectations like never before. Marin has often been sharply critical of government; even so, the government has generally accepted his recommendations.” Marin coined the term “rulitis” to describe a government bureaucracy’s slavish adherence to rules at the expense of common sense.

Marin has also advocated for greater openness and transparency in government, and made his office the first in Canada to introduce social media and a web app as tools for communicating with the public.

In May 2007, Marin was elected to a two-year term as President of the Forum of Canadian Ombudsman, representing public and private ombudsmen across the country. He has also served as North American Regional Vice-President of the International Ombudsman Institute since July 2006, and he is a member of the board of directors of the Association des Ombudsmans et Médiateurs de la francophonie (francophone ombudsman association).

Marin also shares his office’s expertise with other oversight agencies across Canada and around the world. Since 2007, he has conducted an annual training course in Toronto called “Sharpening Your Teeth: Advanced Training for Administrative Watchdogs”, which has been attended by several hundred administrative investigators and ombudsmen from Canadian federal and provincial agencies, U.S. states and federal departments, as well as from across Europe, the Caribbean, Australia, South America and Asia. The course has also been delivered at the International Ombudsman Institute headquarters in Vienna, Austria and by invitation in many other countries, always on a complete cost-recovery basis.

On August 8, 2013, the André Marin launched a review of police tactics for defusing heated situations in the wake of public outcry over the death of Sammy Yatim, a decision that was condemned by the Toronto Police Association.

Ontario Ombudsman mandate

Like all of his predecessors since 1975, Marin has advocated to have the Ombudsman’s mandate extended to key areas of the public sector that are outside his jurisdiction, although they are funded by provincial tax dollars: This is the so-called MUSH sector, comprising Municipalities, Universities, School Boards and Hospitals, as well as long-term care facilities, children’s aid societies and police. Ontario lags behind all other provinces in Canada in Ombudsman oversight of these areas; as mentioned in Hyson and Munro's text, "...the Ontario Ombudsman stands out as having the most limited range of activities among Canadian Ombudsmen… This has been a constant source of frustration for office holders over the years." In his annual reports, Marin summarizes the hundreds of complaints that his office turns away every year from people who have had serious problems with these institutions.

Although the Ombudsman has no general jurisdiction over municipalities, in January 2008, the office’s mandate was narrowly extended to include responsibility for enforcing the provincial law requiring municipal meetings to be open to the public. The Municipal Act designates the Ombudsman as the investigator for public complaints about closed meetings in all municipalities that have not appointed their own investigators – approximately 200 of Ontario’s 445 municipalities. To meet this responsibility, Marin created a team in the Ombudsman’s Office in called OMLET – the Open Meeting Law Enforcement Team.

In October 2008, Marin published The Sunshine Law Handbook: Open Municipal Meetings in Ontario to assist municipal officials and the public in their awareness and interpretation of the requirements. The Handbook is distributed to every municipal councillor and clerk in the province and is also available to the public. Results of OMLET investigations are made public by the relevant municipalities and on the Ombudsman's website.

Controversies

Andre Marin has been the subject of a number of public controversies during his tenure as Ontario Ombudsman. His use of the media to promote himself and his office, as well as to publicly attack his opponents was reversed on him in 2010. Toronto Star (the Star) investigative reporters David Bruser and Moira Welsh looked into the growing rumours coming out of the Ombudsman’s office of Marin’s treatment of staff, his office expenses and his awarding of contracts to his self-described mentor, professor David Paciocco.

Human rights and labour complaints

During its investigation, the Star interviewed as many as 11 past and present employees who described Marin instituting a “culture of fear” in the workplace upon taking over as Ontario Ombudsman. Employees reported systemic bullying, racism and workplace harassment. They also described a set of Marin’s bizarre rules that ranged from the more petty, such as: staff prohibited from speaking to Marin, unless spoken to first; and employees made to walk around the perimeter of the office to reach the other side of the building, lest they should walk past Marin’s closed door; to the more serious of: Marin removing employees’ ergonomically assessed office equipment and replacing with standardized equipment for aesthetic reasons.

As an Officer of the Ontario Legislature, charged with upholding fairness in the province, the most serious allegations against Marin and his management team were those of systemic harassment, racism, sexism and ageism. By 2010, there were as many as five simultaneous active complaints from employees of his office, filed with either the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal (OHRT) or with the employees’ union.

TheStars investigative reporting revealed that black and older employees were the main targets for discrimination, under Marin’s management, but that LGBT and disabled employees were also targeted. Employees estimated that at least 10 former employees have been “bought out” and “gagged” from about their negative experiences and received payments from Marin’s office. Marin has not revealed how much Ontario taxpayers have paid for the legal costs and settlements made to complainant employees over his 10 years as Ombudsman. As a result of the un-proportional number of human rights-based complaints in an office of less than 100 staff, the employees’ union retained a private labour investigator, Marion Perrin, to interview at least 25 employees. The Star revealed that while Marin was the National Defence & Canadian Forces Ombudsman, staff had many similar complaints about his management. A federal report done after his term as military ombudsman, found that Marin left a dysfunctional workplace in his wake, rife with complaints and 150 staff departures from the small office during his tenure.

"Slave Auction" controversy

Despite the widespread publication of the numerous complaints of harassment and discrimination of Ombudsman staff, upon being re-appointed for a second five-year term in 2010 Marin declared he would not change his style. Keeping in the style of his first five-year mandate, allegations by minority employees soon began to surface once again. In 2012, Edwige Jean-Pierre, a black Haitian/African-Canadian woman filed a complaint with the OHRT claiming racial discrimination and a methodical pattern of harassment and intimidation, culminating in two main events. First, she claimed that a white manager, knowing she had concerns for her family in Haiti following the 2010 Haiti earthquake, purposefully made hurtful and untrue comments intended to harass her based on her ethnic origin. He went out of his way to tell her that he and his wife were planning a cruise with “pit stop in Haiti … but not where all that cholera stuff is going on”.

The second and more serious allegation was the revelation of a poster circulated by e-mailed to all Ombudsman employees and physically placed around the office, including on the desk of the complainant employee. The poster depicted a group of white men waiving paper money and accompanied by a poem that suggested staff could auction themselves off as a “slave for a day” to raise money for charity. The poster was created by the employees’ social committee, which was entirely white and included the Ombudsman senior counsel, Wendy Ray, who has been personally named in many of the human rights and discrimination cases against the Ombudsman’s office. Following complaints from black employees, the poster was removed “slave for a day” replaced with “gopher for a day,” indicating a recognition of discriminatory language. However, a copy of the original offending poster was left on the desk of the complainant employee and the email could not be retrieved. The situation escalated when an email from the Ombudsman’s communications director, who was also white, was leaked where she responds to the complaints by her black colleagues:

Why anyone would take offense is BEYOND ME and if you can’t see that, then you clearly have ISSUES. (…) Why don’t we all chill out, stop acting all paranoid, and stop thinking people are out to get you. (…) And if this email makes you even more mad and offended, TOO BAD!!!!

The complainant employee claimed that these incidents were part of a continuing pattern of systemic discrimination she had been subjected to while employed at the Ontario Ombudsman’s office. She also alleged that as result of her complaint, she was subjected to serious reprisals by management and eventually forced out of her job.

David Paciocco Affair

In 2010, the Stars investigation into Andre Marin’s tenure as Ontario’s Ombudsman also revealed that over his 12 years as Ombudsman for Ontario and for the Canadian Military, Marin had awarded consulting contracts worth almost a quarter of a million dollars to his close associate and self-described mentor, Ottawa legal scholar David Paciocco. At the time when the story broke, Marin’s salary--which is set by his own office--was at $215,000 plus $10,000 in bonuses. Despite the fact that a large part of Marin’s responsibilities was to produce an annual report, Paciocco was retained to assist with writing those reports.

The implication of the contracts and invoices obtained by the Star was that Paciocco was being paid for work that Marin was already being paid for as part of his salary. In 2006, despite that fact that the Ombudsman and his senior staff paid themselves almost $600,000 in salaries (not including bonuses and benefits), the Ombudsman’s office awarded David Paciocco almost $58,500 in consultation fees to assist them with the same type of work they were being paid a salary for. The question became whether or not Ontario taxpayers paying twice for the same work. In 2007, Marin and his senior staff increased their cumulative salaries to almost $1 million; Paciocco’s contract payments also rose to $83,400 for the same period. Marin did not disclose whether Paciocco’s contracts for the Canadian Military or the Ontario Ombudsman were competitive tenders or whether Paciocco was the only contender.

Challenging the press

In response to theStars investigative reports, Marin and Paciocco reignited the controversies when they challenged the Star's reporting with complaints to the Ontario Press Council, shortly after Marin’s reappointment as Ontario Ombudsman. Paciocco attempted to distance himself from Marin, claiming that he was only collateral damage. While Marin claimed the Star had treated him unfairly. The Press Council dismissed the complaints. Neither Marin nor his office disclosed whether or not taxpayers paid his legal fees for the Press Council challenge.

Joe Mayo Affair

Andre Marin has long raised eyebrows with his controversial and prolific use of the official Ombudsman’s office Twitter account to attack his perceived opponents, broadcast his personal opinions, discuss his gym workouts and describe his body. In a humiliating turn of events, Marin brought his and the Ombudsman’s office’s investigative practices and professional conduct into question. In 2013, Marin wrongly accused a 12-year respected veteran of the Durham Region police force of being responsible for insulting tweets directed at him under the pseudonym “Joe Mayo.” Marin publicly and wrongfully identified Det.–Constable “Dennis Scott,” then later corrected the name as Scott Dennis, disclosing his police force, badge number as well as the officer’s salary. Dennis’ information was widely reported in the media based on Marin’s information. Dennis, described as an “outstanding officer” by his superiors, began to receiving insulting and harassing emails from the public as a result of Marin’s mistake. Marin publicly boasted that it had only taken him “minutes” to identify Dennis.

Initially, Marin refused to apologize to the Dennis, stating that he saw no need for an apology "at this time." Marin complained that the Durham police were quick to demand that he apologize to Dennis and appealed for sympathy from the public: “What about an apology for being the victim of hate mail by one of his finest." Marin apologized after Dennis’ lawyer publicly stated they were considering legal action against Marin and the Ombudsman’s office.

After his apology, Marin continued to the fan the controversy by turning his attacks on the investigative abilities of the Durham police and the leadership of Durham Chief Mike Ewles. Although he had publicly stated he would cooperate with their investigation, Durham police reported that their attempts to interview Marin had not been successful. Marin then went on to criticize the police investigation into the matter stating:

I was never impressed by how the investigation was conducted... The investigators got their marching orders on this from their chief. It was all part of the old boys’ club. As a result, they low-balled the investigation right from the beginning. Police stations are not expected to be run like National Lampoon’s Animal House.

Marin had taken issue to Chief Ewles accusing Marin’s of not using conduct due diligence in his investigation leading to the wrongful accusation of Dennis and his statement:

First and foremost, the ombudsman is a public official whose job it is to be objective and conduct objective, independent investigation of whatever matters he’s in charge with, acting on the evidence before him.

The original Twitter spat was originally centred on Marin's investigation into the tragic police shooting of 18-year old Sammy Yatim on July 27, 2013. Marin's unwillingness to brush off the Twitter attacks, his false accusation of Dennis and his attacks on the Durham police and Chief Ewles, soon obscured Sammy Yatim from the story, replacing him with Andre Marin in the media. Marin’s office has no jurisdiction over the police and he refused to explain of how his office was able to infiltrate police information so quickly and whether he had abused his powers as an Officer of the Ontario Legislature.

Awards

In 2009, Marin was awarded the Ontario Bar Association’s Tom Marshall Award of Excellence, which, according to the Ontario Bar Association’s website, was “established to recognize, honour, and celebrate the outstanding achievement of lawyers practising in the province of Ontario in the public interest”.

In 2011, he was awarded the Order of Merit by the Civil Law Section of the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Law. The University of Ottawa’s website states that the award is the Civil Law Section’s highest alumni distinction, recognizing alumni who have made remarkable contributions to the legal profession. Also in 2011, he received the highest alumni honour of the Carleton University Alumni Association, the A.D. Dunton Alumni Award of Distinction.

In 2012, Marin was awarded the Canadian Bar Association's John Tait Award of Excellence, a national award which recognized that his “unwavering commitment to public service, his advocacy skills and legal acumen distinguish him as an outstanding legal professional,” according to CBA President Trinda L. Ernst. He was also named as an inductee for the 2012 class of the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law’s Common Law Honour Society. As well, he was given the Ontario Bar Association's Award for Distinguished Service in early 2012. The Ontario Bar Association said in a statement, "In a vocation like law, there are countless members of the bar whose contributions to justice are exceptional and worthy of recognition. Each year, the OBA asks lawyers to nominate colleagues for the OBA Award for Distinguished Service whose deserve recognition for their career contributions and achievements to the legal profession, jurisprudence, development of the law or a significant law-related benefit to the residents of Ontario." In October 2012, Marin also received an award for achievement in oversight by the U.S.-based National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (NACOLE).

In 2013, Marin was named one of Canadian Lawyer magazine's top 25 most influential Canadian lawyers. The magazine stated “Many Ontarians have come to see Marin as an honest and tenacious advocate who has been effective in pushing the boundaries to ensure they are treated fairly and their tax dollars are not wasted." He was also named one of Toronto Life magazine's top 50 most influential Torontonians as "a tireless advocate for transparent, effective government and a champion of the so-called little guy". He was named to the list again in 2014, as a “highly reputable and responsive” official who “listens to the people” and takes action against “unfair policies” by Ontario government agencies.

Publications

Ontario Ombudsman reports

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Investigation into the parents of special-needs children being forced to relinquish custody in order to obtain necessary residential care (May 2005)

From Hope to Despair: Investigation into the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care's refusal to fund the drug Cystagon for treatment of Batten's Disease (September 2005)

The Right to be Impatient: Investigation into whether the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care has failed to properly administer newborn screening (September 2005)

Getting it Right: Investigation into the transparency of the property assessment process at the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (March 2006)

Losing the Waiting Game: Investigation into unreasonable delay at the Ministry of Community and Social Services' Ontario Disability Support Program's Disability Adjudication Unit (May 2006)

Annual Report 2005-2006 (June 2006)

It's All in the Name: Investigation into the Family Responsibility Office's ineffective enforcement using a writ of seizure and sale (August 2006)

Adding Insult to Injury: Investigation into treatment of victims by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board (February 2007)

A Game of Trust: Investigation into the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation's protection of the public from theft and fraud (March 2007)

Annual Report 2006-2007 (June 2007)

Enlightening Closed Council Sessions: Investigation into Fort Erie Town Council closed meeting of January 7, 2008 (February 2008)

A Test of Wills: Investigation into Legal Aid Ontario's role in the funding of the legal defence of Richard Wills (February 2008)

Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me - Opening the Door on the Elton John Ticket Scandal: Investigation into City of Greater Sudbury Council closed meeting of February 20, 2008 (April 2008)

Building Clarity: Investigation into how the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services represents its relationship with Tarion Warranty Corp. to the public (June 2008)

Annual Report 2007-2008 (June 2008)

The Sunshine Law Handbook: Open Municipal Meetings in Ontario (September 2008)

Oversight Unseen: Investigation into the Special Investigations Unit's operational effectiveness and credibility (September 2008)

Municipal Government By Stealth: Investigation into the Council of the Township of Emo's Closed Meeting of April 8, 2008 (January 2009)

Investigation into the Council of the Township of Nipissing's Special Meeting of April 25, 2008 (February 2009)

Investigation into the Council of the Township of Baldwin's Closed Meeting of July 14, 2008 (March 2009)

The ABCs of Education and Training: Investigation into the City of Oshawa Development Services Committee Special Meeting of May 22, 2008 (March 2009)

Pirating Our Property: Investigation Into the City Oshawa's Failure to Co-operate (April 2009)

Annual Report 2008-2009 (June 2009)

Too Cool For School: Investigation into the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities’ Oversight of Bestech Academy Inc. and Enforcement of the Private Career Colleges Act (July 2009)

Too Cool For School Too: Investigation into Cambrian College’s administration of its Health Information Management Program and the oversight provided by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (August 2009)

A Vast Injustice: Investigation into the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care’s decision-making concerning the funding of Avastin for colorectal cancer patients (September 2009)

Annual Report 2009-2010 (June 2010)

The LHIN Spin: Investigation into the Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Local Health Integration Network's use of community engagement in its decision-making process" (August 2010)

Caught in the Act: Investigation into The Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services’ conduct in relation to Ontario Regulation 233/10 under the Public Works Protection Act" (December 2010)

Annual Report 2010-2011 (June 2011)

Oversight Undermined: Investigation into the Ministry of the Attorney General's implementation of recommendations concerning reform of the Special Investigations Unit (December 2011)

Investigation into whether the Town of Amherstburg Council held multiple closed meetings in contravention of the Municipal Act, January 2012

Investigation into whether the City of Hamilton’s NHL Proposal Sub-Committee held an improperly closed meeting, February 2012

Investigation into whether the City of London’s Committee of the Whole improperly discussed “Occupy London” in camera on November 7, 2011, March 2012

Annual Report 2011-2012 (June 2012)

In the Line of Duty: Investigation into how the Ontario Provincial Police and the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services have addressed operational stress injuries affecting police officers (October 2012)

2011-2012 Annual Report about Closed Municipal Meetings (October 2012)

The Code - Investigation into the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services’ response to allegations of excessive use of force against inmates (June 2013)

Annual Report 2012-2013 (July 2013)

2012-2013 Annual Report about Closed Municipal Meetings (December 2013)

Better Safe Than Sorry - Investigation into how the Ministry of Transportation administers the process for obtaining and assessing information about drivers who may have uncontrolled hypoglycemia (April 2014)

Annual Report 2013-2014 (June 2014)

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