Legislative Counsel, at the request of a committee of the House of Assembly, contacted the Office regarding the Nova Scotia House of Assembly Prevention and Resolution of Harassment in the Workplace Policy that was under development. In this policy, the Office of the Ombudsman is responsible to investigate certain allegations of harassment. Representatives from this Office provided feedback on a draft version of the policy. A meeting was also held with Legislative Counsel to discuss the role of the Ombudsman’s Office in investigating allegations of harassment under the policy.

Ombudsman Launches new website

Nova Scotia Ombudsman William A. Smith announced today the launch of a brand new Ombudsman website.

The renewal of the Ombudsman website was undertaken to improve public access to Ombudsman content and to make the complaint process easier for potential complainants.

“There has been a significant increase in online complaints in the last few years,” noted Executive Director Christine Brennan, “we recognize that Nova Scotians are going online more often to access services.”

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