Quebec's poor, vulnerable hurt by red-tape reforms: ombudsman's report

QUEBEC — Hastily cobbled together government administrative reforms have hurt the province’s most vulnerable hard, whether it’s a person waiting for a mammogram, a senior who needs home care or an immigrant trying to get into Quebec.
In a blistering report tabled Thursday in the National Assembly, Quebec’s ombudsman, Marie Rinfret, blasts the Couillard regime, saying dozens of the changes it has implemented in office have been bad news for the poor.
The result is that the