Office of the Fairness Commissioner
Commissaire à l’équité | |
File:Fairness Commissioner of Ontario logo.gif | |
Agency overview | |
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Formed | 2006 |
Headquarters | 595 Bay Street, Suite 1201 Toronto, Ontario |
Agency executive |
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Website | fairnesscommissioner |
The Fairness Commissioner (French: Commissaire à l’équité) is the Officer of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario responsible for ensuring Ontarians with professional credentials from foreign countries can have fair access to regulated professions.[1] The position was created by the Fair Access to Regulated Professions Act, which came into effect December 2006.
Commissioners
- Grant Jameson, 2017- 2019
- Mary Shenstone, 2015-2016
- Jean Augustine, 2007-2015[2]
See also
- Criticism of Canada relating to foreign credentials
- Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration (Ontario)
References
- ^ "Mandate". About Us. Office of the Fairness Commissioner. Archived from the original on 18 April 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
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