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Building Clarity

Building Clarity

June 3, 2008

3 June 2008

Investigation into how the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services represents its relationship with Tarion Warranty Corp. to the public.

Investigation into how the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services represents its relationship with Tarion Warranty Corp. to the public

"Building Clarity"

André Marin
Ombudsman of Ontario

May, 2008

Table of Contents

1     For most Ontarians, buying a new home is the single largest purchase they will ever make in their lives.  It can be both an exciting and terrifying experience.  In the case of the Smith family[1], their dream of home ownership quickly turned into a nightmare.   The Smiths and their two young children eagerly moved into their new home, only to find that it was riddled with defects.  They learned it had been struck by construction equipment eight times, the foundation was cracked, brickwork and stucco were defective, and beams and joists were improperly installed.  The house leaked in several places, the family began to suffer health problems, and they had no kitchen cupboards for six months.

2     The Smiths turned to the Tarion Warranty Corporation for relief.  Tarion is an independent, not-for-profit corporation that administers the Ontario New Home Warranty Plan.  The plan offers protection to new home buyers, who pay an enrolment fee based on the purchase price of their house.  The Smiths had paid $750 for their coverage, and submitted claims to Tarion for over $200,000, covering work they believed should have been completed before the purchase was finalized, as well as subsequent damages.  Although they were provided with warranty coverage amounting to $117,384, the Smiths were still left with 30 items to repair and insufficient funds to do so.  The family was advised by Tarion to sign a release and then seek redress against the builder in civil court.

3     Dissatisfied with their experience with Tarion, the Smiths approached the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services to complain, only to learn from the Ministry two months later that it would be “inappropriate” for it to intervene.  In the end, the Ministry did agree to relay information to Tarion regarding their concerns. However, this did not solve their problems.

4     Like the Smiths, other families we heard from sought the Ministry’s help after they experienced frustration in dealing with Tarion, only to be told that the Ministry could not assist with individual claims.

5     One can understand why desperate homeowners seek help from the Ministry.  After all, “consumer services” is part of its name, and its website declares that:

Our goal at the Ministry … is to promote a fair, safe and informed marketplace – one in which your rights as a consumer are fully protected.

6     The Ministry does have an oversight role to play in new home ownership protection. But it is Tarion that is responsible under the Ontario New Home Warranty Plan Act for the administration of the warranty plan.  Tarion is not government funded, but is financed exclusively through home enrolment fees, investment income and builder registration.

7     Every builder of a new home built for sale in Ontario is required to register with Tarion and to enroll every new home or condominium unit prior to construction. Tarion is governed by a 16-member Board of Directors.  Under its bylaws, the Minister appoints five members to Tarion’s board.  The Ministry is not involved in the day-to-day functioning of Tarion, but has a more indirect monitoring role.  The Act requires Tarion to submit an annual report to the Minister, and under an accountability arrangement it reports quarterly to the Ministry on operational data. The Ministry does not get involved in individual consumer complaints relating to Tarion’s warranty decisions, which may be appealed to the Licence Appeal Tribunal. However, at times it will refer consumer concerns to Tarion to address.

8     The Ministry’s role with respect to Tarion is not well publicized.  Its website contains a link to Tarion’s homepage, but little else concerning new home buyer protection.  Consumers looking for information about the Ministry’s relationship to Tarion are left to rely on their own intuition and whatever tidbits of other information they can find.

9     In the Legislative Assembly in May 2007, the Minister (then Gerry Phillips) stated that he is always looking at ways to improve Tarion.  And last spring, the government announced it had appointed a new director to Tarion’s board.  In a June 9, 2007 Toronto Star article, this appointee was referred to as a “public advocate” and “consumer’s representative.”  The Premier was quoted as saying: “We want to make sure that [there is] confidence in the warranty system that’s in place, so we’re increasing the public representation.”  The Minister was also quoted as remarking that the appointee, a retired journalist, could “speak pretty well for the consumer.”

10  After this information was released, a number of concerned home buyers wrote directly to this latest “consumer representative” on the Tarion board.  Tarion responded that in fact, this representative could not act as a special advocate or deal with consumer complaints, but rather was responsible for voicing consumer concerns in the context of his broader role as a director.  In a letter to one disgruntled home owner, the Ministry explained:

The responsibility of the board member does not include involvement with specific homeowner decisions that are made by the corporation. Accordingly, it is also inappropriate for board members to intervene in individual cases.

11  In 2007, there were 52,332 new homes enrolled in the warranty plan, with a total of 465,116 homes under warranty.  The Corporation paid out over $9 million in warranty claims.  In the same year, 199 home owners complained to the Ministry about the Ontario New Home Warranty Plan and Tarion – all expecting the Ministry responsible for “consumer services” to help them.  Considerable time was expended by Ministry officials in explaining the limited oversight role that the Ministry plays with respect to new home ownership.  Much frustration and wasted effort could have been avoided if the Ministry had clearly and publicly set out its limited role with respect to matters concerning Tarion and the administration of the Ontario New Home Warranty Plan.

12  Considering the fact that hundreds of thousands of people rely on the warranty plan each year and that a new home purchase is a significant investment, I have concluded that the Ministry’s failure to clearly set out the nature of its role with respect to new home ownership needs to be remedied immediately.   I am recommending that the Ministry clarify its role in this area, including with respect to publicly appointed members of the Tarion Board of Directors.

Investigative Process

13  My Office received more than 100 complaints over the past year from homeowners about their dealings with Tarion and the Ministry.  These complaints came from individual homeowners, some Members of Provincial Parliament writing on behalf of constituents, and from a homeowner advocacy group.

14  Ombudsman staff began to monitor complaints relating to new home ownership after our Office received a detailed submission in March 2007 from the advocacy group, which called for the Ombudsman to be given oversight over Ontario’s new home warranty system and Tarion.

15  Although I have oversight over the Licence Appeal Tribunal, which handles appeals of decisions made by Tarion, I do not have jurisdiction over Tarion itself.  As a result, my Office cannot investigate individual complaints from homeowners about Tarion.  In 1986, in submissions to a Legislative Standing Committee, former Ombudsman Dr. Daniel Hill first suggested that this area be made part of the Ombudsman’s mandate, but for three decades it has remained outside the scope of the Ombudsman’s authority.  One option recently contemplated by the Ministry as a way to enhance Tarion’s governance and accountability was to expand the Ombudsman’s jurisdiction to include Tarion.  However, the Ministry does not appear to be seriously considering this possibility at present.

16  The complaints were assessed by the Special Ombudsman Response Team (SORT). It became apparent that there was considerable confusion among consumers regarding the Ministry’s role with respect to new home warranty protection. Accordingly, I determined that it was appropriate to investigate how the Ministry represents its relationship with Tarion to the public.  A notice of intent to investigate was issued to the Ministry on February 20, 2008.

17  A team of three SORT investigators and two Early Resolution Officers conducted the investigation.  They interviewed Ministry staff involved in dealing with delegated authorities, as well as four of the appointees to the Tarion Board of Directors, and two of Tarion’s senior counsel.  Investigators also reviewed the complaints we had received and conducted in-depth interviews with several homeowners.

18  The team reviewed binders of materials provided by the Ministry containing thousands of pages of documentation.  This included a review of correspondence submitted by homeowners to the Ministry and the Ministry’s responses to homeowners dating back to 2005.

19  We also reviewed new home warranty programs in other provinces, to better understand what information is provided to consumers in those jurisdictions.  Home warranty programs vary across the country, with only three provinces having mandatory new home warranty protection: Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec.

20  We received excellent co-operation from the Ministry throughout the investigation.

Ontario New Home Warranty Plan

21  Ontario first introduced a mandatory new home warranty plan in 1976.  An independent non-profit corporation has always administered the plan.  Its name has changed a few times over the years, but since 2004 it has been Tarion.  On its website, Tarion states that its role is to ensure that builders comply with the legislation and to “step in to protect consumers when builders fail to fulfill their warranty obligations”.

22   Tarion’s total revenue in 2006 was $70,645,000.  A substantial portion of this – almost 47%  – derives from home enrolment fees.[2] So, for every $99 contributed by buyers through the home enrolment fee, builders paid roughly $6 through registration and renewal fees.  Available funds from the revenues collected from home enrolment and builder registration fees are invested.  Investment revenue, which accounted for roughly 52% of Tarion’s total revenue in 2006, was used for various purposes such as settling warranty claims, providing for costs related to investigation, enforcement and other administrative costs associated with administering the legislation.

23  All new homeowners are provided with a Home Owner Information Package that sets out the process for submitting Statutory Warranty Forms for outstanding warranty items.  When a claim is filed, it usually triggers a period of 120 days for the builder to address the repairs.  If the matter remains unresolved, the homeowner has 30 days to inform Tarion and request conciliation.  The builder generally has 30 days from the date of that request to resolve any outstanding problems.  If the repairs are still not completed, Tarion conducts the conciliation with the homeowner and the builder present.  A report is prepared, outlining the items that the builder must resolve and setting out whatever is not covered.

24  Some homeowners encounter problems that cannot be resolved to their satisfaction through the warranty program.   In these situations, they can choose to appeal to the Licence Appeal Tribunal, or pursue their legal options through a civil suit.  In the 2005-2006 fiscal year, the Licence Appeal Tribunal received 173 with regard to the warranty program.

The Ministry’s Relationship with Tarion

25  The Ministry is responsible for oversight of a number of arm’s-length bodies carrying out delegated administrative authority. According to Ministry officials, the Safety and Consumer Statutes Administration Act governs other delegated authorities, but does not apply to Tarion. As the Deputy Minister explained to us in response to our notice of intent to investigate:

Tarion is not established by or subject to the Safety and Consumer Statutes Administration Act.  The SCSAA requires DAAs (Delegated Administrative Authorities) to have entered into a binding Administrative Agreement with the Ministry, with a specific governance and accountability framework.  The Ministry’s oversight of Tarion is centred on an Accountability entered into with the corporation on June 26, 2003.

26  The accountability arrangement with Tarion was entered into as a result of the Auditor General’s 2003 annual report, which recommended that the Ministry take action to ensure that better accountability mechanisms were in place to protect consumers buying new homes in Ontario.  It establishes formal reporting requirements and outlines the roles and responsibilities of each party.  It also contains an acknowledgement on the part of Tarion that it is accountable to the Ministry.  Under the arrangement, Tarion remains responsible for the day-to-day administration of the new home warranty plan.

Consumer Expectations

27  The common theme among the complaints we received from homeowners is that when they contacted the Ministry regarding their concerns, they fully anticipated that it would intervene to assist them in reaching a resolution with Tarion.  As one frustrated individual remarked to us:

We bought this house…with the assumption there are government regulations, there’s municipal regulations…all the protection is there, and there is the Ontario New Home Warranty program… You buy it and if there is a problem, you feel there should be some protection there, and definitely from the Ministry that sets the rules and hopefully monitors the rules…

28  Given the Ministry’s general consumer protection mandate, it is not unreasonable for homeowners to assume that they can turn to the Ministry when other avenues of resolution fail.  One of them put it this way in a letter to the Minister:

I was under the impression that you, being the head of the Ministry of Government and Consumers Services, are the overseer of Tarion and any and all complaints regarding Tarion.

29  It is often only after writing to the Ministry for assistance that homeowners are informed that it does not intervene in individual cases.  In a letter to one owner, the Deputy Minister stated:

…the relationship [between the Ministry and Tarion] does not relate to the handling or intervention in individual cases; these are exclusively under Tarion’s regulatory jurisdiction.

30  We also found cases where another branch of the government had referred homeowners to the Ministry, suggesting that Tarion-related issues fell within its “responsibility.”  When they followed that advice, these individuals were understandably frustrated to learn that the Ministry would do nothing about their concerns.

31  Mr. Green was one such case.  His problems began about three years ago when, within only a few weeks of taking possession of his home, the floor collapsed.  He contacted Tarion and within a month an inspection was done which confirmed major deficiencies.   Although some repairs were made, problems persisted.  Unable to get Tarion and the builder to resolve the outstanding issues, Mr. Green contacted the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing about Building Code violations.  He was advised that he should raise his concerns about Tarion with the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services.  But when he did so, he was advised that this Ministry would not assist him either – and he was left with the impression that he had been caught in a bureaucratic buck-passing exercise.

32  It is not only consumers who are left confused about the scope of the Ministry’s involvement with Tarion; even some Members of Provincial Parliament who have contacted my Office have failed to understand the limitations of the Ministry’s role. This, too, is understandable, since the Ministry does not publicize the extent of its involvement in this area.

Ministry Reality

33  While the Ministry declines to intervene in individual cases, it has addressed systemic issues that have been raised through its oversight of Tarion.  It has worked with Tarion on a number of initiatives that have resulted in changes to customer service standards, streamlined warranty processes and increased the amount of information that Tarion provides to consumers.  The Ministry often tells homeowners who complain: “The Minister reviews all of the concerns that homeowners raise, and uses them as a guide for potential improvements.”  After concerns were raised about the adequacy of warranties in 2006, the Minister requested that Tarion undergo a review of the delayed closing and delayed occupancy warranties by an independent third party. Tarion responded by forming a Special Committee on Delayed Closings chaired by former Supreme Court justice Frank Iacobucci that resulted in a numberof recommendations for reform.[3]

34  Adding to consumer confusion is the fact that despite the Ministry’s position that it does not get involved in individual complaints, it has taken action in some cases.  In several of the letters we reviewed, homeowners were advised that while it was “inappropriate” for the Ministry to intervene in individual cases, it had asked its staff to contact Tarion because customer service complaints had been raised.  What is not made clear to homeowners is that when the Ministry does contact Tarion on their behalf, it is only in relation to the “customer service” aspect of their complaint.  The Ministry will not attempt to mediate substantive complaints about warranty issues.

35  This position was confirmed to us by the Assistant Deputy Minister of the Policy and Consumer Protection Services Division, who stated that depending on what the nature of the complaint is, the Ministry may or may not become involved:

If it’s a customer-service type of complaint, [Ministry staff] will try and get involved to see if they can sort out what the problem is, but again, if it’s dissatisfaction with a decision, we would have to step back.

36  Even in such situations, the Ministry’s role is generally restricted to informing Tarion of the homeowner’s complaint, requesting that Tarion look into the complaint, and then relaying the information provided by Tarion back to the homeowner.   Once again, the limitation of the Ministry’s role is not always made clear to the consumer.

37  So what assistance can new home owners expect to receive from the Ministry? According to the Director of the Sector Liaison Branch:

My staff explain the relationship between Tarion and the Ministry and will often refer the homeowner to Tarion.  If [we] think it’s an emergency situation, we’ll refer them directly to someone like … the Director of Government Relations who will handle it, but we don’t actually mediate consumer complaints.  We don’t have the authority to do so nor do we have the expertise to do so – these are construction issues.

38    Ministry staff were quick to point out, however, that the Ministry still wants to hear from new  homeowners regarding potential systemic issues that may affect public policy. The Director of the Sector Liaison Branch told us:

I think that it’s important that the government continue to hear from homeowners because homeowners are a very important part of what we do and it is [in] our legislation, and I think that everything that we have done in the past couple of years is as a result of homeowners making their voices heard. So even though we can’t necessarily change a warranty decision, every one of those letters is considered when we’re making public policy decisions.

39  While the Ministry may value hearing from homeowners, few of them are aware of how the Ministry uses the information that they provide.  From what they told us, it seems fair to say that most are more interested in resolving their personal warranty problems than in potentially contributing to future policy development.  That being said, it is apparent that the Ministry is genuinely concerned about promoting the interests of consumers.

Focus on Consumers

40  During this investigation, a common view expressed by senior Ministry staff was that although Tarion has undergone improvements over the years, such as setting up a customer contact centre and enhancing its website, “much still needs to be done in order for Tarion to meet the government’s and the public’s expectations”.   This sentiment was echoed in a recent letter from Minister Ted McMeekin (the Minister as of October 30, 2007) to senior staff at Tarion.

41  On March 18, 2008, the Minister wrote to the outgoing Chair and CEO of Tarion, stressing the need for improvements to Tarion’s governance, transparency and responsiveness to consumers.  He emphasized that:

As an organization with a mandate to serve the public interest, it is critical that Tarion continue to improve.  The purchase of a home is one of the largest and most important decisions that one can make, and I, like you, want to ensure that consumers are afforded every protection.

42  While recognizing that Tarion had undertaken a number of consumer protection initiatives, the Minister emphasized that it was “a time of great public scrutiny of Tarion and its business practices.”  He referred to the Ministry’s receipt of a record number of complaints about Tarion, and indicated that he would be seeking assurances from the new CEO and Chair that improving homeowner protection remained a priority for the Corporation.  The Minister signalled that he would be asking the new Board to carry out a number of measures focused on increasing Tarion’s transparency and accountability, including:

  • developing clear business and strategic plans

  • providing greater detail in Tarion’s quarterly reports regarding timeliness of claims service, complaints about staff and the warranty claims process

  • providing turnaround times for inspection, repair and closing of warranty files

  • developing a conflict-of-interest protocol and code of conduct for claims staff; and

  • enhancing public transparency through holding public annual general meetings and open houses, and increasing disclosures in Tarion’s annual report.

43  During discussions with two of Tarion’s senior counsel, our investigators were advised that the Corporation has evolved substantially over the past few years and intends to bring in an automated system to track complaints – but they suggested that this continues to be an ongoing process.  We were left with the impression that Tarion, while taking some steps to adopt more of a consumer focus, is not strongly motivated by a sense of urgency regarding improving its practices.  Tarion’s mandate affects almost half a million consumers a year.   Given the importance of warranty protection to Ontario’s homeowners, I urge the Ministry to aggressively continue to take proactive steps to move Tarion towards truly reflecting a culture of public service.

44  Ultimately, however, it is not the Ministry that is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Corporation.  Although it has increased its involvement with selection of Board members, its appointees do not operate under its direction.

The Board of Directors: Public Advocates or Public Misnomer?

45  Tarion’s Board of Directors consists of 16 members who are appointed annually and represent a range of stakeholders from Ontario’s new home building industry.   In 2007, the Minister of Government and Consumer Services proposed that Tarion change its bylaw to expand the number of ministerial appointees from four to five. The board agreed to this request in March 2007.  The five ministerial appointees now include three “consumer representatives,” one municipal representative and one senior Ministry representative.

46  While the selection of ministerial appointees is to ensure that a variety of viewpoints are heard and considered on the board, what may not be entirely clear to new home owners is what happens after the appointees are selected.  As in most corporations, appointees are, for all intents and purposes, members of the corporation, accountable to all stakeholders and not just a specific stakeholder group.  While the Ministry keeps track of the attendance of its appointees at board meetings, these members have no reporting obligations to the Ministry.

47  When we asked them about their role on the Tarion Board of Directors, the ministerial appointees were generally of the view that their role is no different from that of other board members.   One of those designated as a “consumer representative” stated:

I was just another director…I learned that my responsibility was as a member of the board.  In other words, when I approached an issue, I couldn’t just decide as a consumer advocate, I’d have to look at the board, our responsibilities, how we’re supposed to do the work, how we’re supposed to handle information.

48  Others noted positive, albeit incremental, changes as a result of the increase in representatives appointed by the Ministry to the Tarion Board of Directors.  One indicated that when funds were cut out of the budget for consumer education about Tarion’s processes, the Ministry appointees on the board pushed for the funds to remain.  As a result of their efforts, funding was put back in the budget for consumer education.  Other Ministry appointees also pointed out that they supported changes to be made in the area of delayed closings.

49  Unfortunately, the fact that “consumer representatives” are appointed to the Board without any clear public explanation of their role has led to additional consumer confusion and misdirected complaints.  After the June 9, 2007 Toronto Star article referring to the Ministry’s newest appointee as a “public advocate,” several homeowners tried contacting the appointee directly about their concerns, until he requested that Tarion deal with the inquiries directly. One confused homeowner received a response from senior staff at Tarion advising that this board member was not in fact the “consumer advocate,” that such a position “does not exist” and “he does not have a role as an individual complaints department.”

50  This straightforward response was no doubt disappointing to the recipient, but it was more information than the Ministry had provided.  When we asked for clarification about the consumer representative’s role from the Acting Manager of the Delegated Authority Liaison, we were advised that the board member was “not officially the public advocate.”  However, the Ministry was unable to confirm whether the characterization of the appointee’s role that appeared in the Toronto Star had originated with government officials, or with the newspaper.

A Web of Confusion

51  The Ministry’s website is woefully bereft of information about its role with respect to the Ontario New Home Warranty Plan and Tarion. As one homeowner told us:

Everything to do with Tarion and the way the Ministry is involved is couched in generalities … nothing is specific.

52  One does not have to look very far on the site to arrive at this conclusion.   Under Frequently Asked Questions, there is a category called “Consumer Protection” which then leads to “Purchasing a Home.”  There it states that homeowners can find information on “protecting your consumer rights on purchases and services for your home,” but nothing is said about the Ministry’s relationship with Tarion or what assistance consumers can expect to receive if they contact the Ministry.

53  While the Ministry’s website contains a search engine where general information can be found about Tarion, consumers will be hard pressed to find a clear statement as to the scope of the Ministry’s oversight.  Several homeowners also pointed out that the Ministry’s site states that it “mediates written complaints between consumers and businesses” – but nowhere does it make clear that this does not apply to complaints about Tarion.

54  Early in our investigation, Ministry staff told our investigators that the Ministry was planning to change its website to include a separate section for purchasing a home, including a description of what Tarion is and information explaining the Ministry’s relationship with Tarion.  We were later advised that while some changes had been made to the website last year, no more changes are planned.  This is unfortunate.

55  One simple way in which the Ministry could manage expectations would be to clearly advise consumers through its website and other communications about what it can and cannot do to help them with their new home warranty concerns.  Hundreds of thousands of Ontarians are affected each year by the plan.  They are entitled to know upfront what they can expect of their government.  Consumers should not have to wait until they are at the end of the line after years of battling with builders and Tarion to learn that what they believed was their last resort is not available to them. By publicizing what it actually does, instead of relying on vague generalities, the Ministry would leave homeowners with more realistic expectations and a better understanding of where they stand.  Less time and resources would also be wasted on fruitless requests for assistance and misdirected complaints.

56  It is my opinion that the Ministry’s failure to provide clear and consistent information to the public about the extent of its relationship to Tarion, the scope of its role in resolving consumer concerns and the role of its representatives on Tarion’s Board of Directors is, in accordance with s. 21(1)(b) and (d) of the Ombudsman Act, unreasonable and wrong.

57  In order to remedy the Ministry’s failure to provide adequate information to consumers, I recommend that the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services provide additional clarification on its website and in other communications with the public concerning its relationship with the Tarion Warranty Corporation, including providing information about:

  • The role of Ministry appointees to the Tarion Board of Directors; and

  • The role the Ministry plays in consumer protection in the area of new home warranties, including the limited scope of its involvement in the resolution of individual complaints.

Subsection 21(3)(g) Ombudsman Act

Ministry’s Response

58  I provided the Ministry with my preliminary report and met with Ministry officials to discuss it.  The Deputy Minister later wrote to my Office confirming the Ministry’s commitment to implementing my recommendation. In her letter, the Deputy Minister noted:

I want to assure you that I accept and am committed to implementing your valuable recommendations to improve communications by explaining the Ministry’s role in handling consumer complaints about new home warranties.  I am also committed to clearly explaining the role of ministerial representatives on the Tarion Board of Directors.  Based on your final report, the Ministry will be undertaking changes to its website to provide clear, detailed, and consumer-friendly information regarding the ministry’s relationship with Tarion, as well as Tarion’s services.  Ministry staff will work with the Office of the Ombudsman to ensure the website changes effectively communicate new homeowner information and the nature of the Ministry’s role with respect to Tarion.  Your recommendations will be implemented within 30 days of the release of your final report.

59  I am satisfied with the Ministry’s undertakings regarding future communication with the public about the services provided by Tarion as well as its relationship to the Corporation, and will monitor its progress in meeting its commitments.

André Marin
Ombudsman of Ontario

[1] The Smiths and other homeowners referred to in this report and their experiences are real, but their names have been anonymized.
[2] Calculated based on revenues reported in the financial statements contained in Tarion’s 2006 Annual Report.
[3] Special Committee on Delayed Closings, Final Report of the Special Committee on Delayed Closings, Ontario: Tarion, February 2007.


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It is activity conducted as part of the planning of a criminal or terrorist act, such as visiting a particular site several times to assist in putting together detailed plans, to subsequently carry out pick-pocketing, a robbery or a terrorist attack.

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This article is one example of awareness. In all Servator deployments, visible signs are positioned close to officers who will be distributing posters to premises and engaging staff. Officers will also be handing out leaflets and handbills to visitors and residents. All Servator police forces have dedicated website pages with information, and leaflets are available at our public counters. Project Servator deployments by police forces that have already been accredited through training (across the UK and Gibraltar) are supported online by messaging on Twitter and Facebook accounts with the hashtag #ProjectServator.

This method of policing aims to provide reassurance to visitors, residents and staff from businesses close to the areas of deployment, as well as deterrence and detection of criminality. Ultimately its about creating a safe environment in which to live, work and visit, and at the same time, a hostile environment for criminals to operate in.

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A quick online search will reveal information on Project Servator via the websites of participating UK Police Forces or even the dedicated wikipedia page.

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Canadians love their hockey, and this is shown by the sheer number of events and leagues that run throughout the year, with the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), Western Hockey League (WHL) and Canadian Hockey League (CHL) running alongside the major champions such as the Stanley Cup.

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Iceland with its volcanoes, geysers and glaciers is full of wonders and its towns are charming, too. It’s like Balamory with beautiful shoes, says Caitlin Moran

There was a business trip to America that I was taking two of my sisters on, which Hurricane Sandy forced me to cancel at the last minute.

Before lunch on Sunday, we were 48 hours away from Chicago, then New York. After lunch, the phone rang, and we weren’t.

“We’re still going to go somewhere,” I said, firmly. “You’ve booked the time off work, and I’ve bought a travel plug. There’s no way we’re not activating some kind of “Tour Mode”. Where have you always wanted to go? Is there anything you’ve always wanted to see?”

These are great sentences to be able to say to your siblings. Heal the stasis of summers spent in a tiny caravan parked on some gravel in Mid Wales, arguing over who would have the last sausage. God we were bored. We never moved. The rest of the world was so far away.

“Anywhere on earth!” I reiterated. “We could smoke fags by the Seine at dusk. Drink bicerin in Barcelona. Fall in a canal in Amsterdam.

“Go and see the … things . . . of Prague. I realise those are all in Europe, which shows my view of ‘anywhere on earth’ is limited, but we’ve only got four days — so jog on if you want to go to Vietnam.”

“I want to see the northern lights,” Weena said, instantly. “Let’s go north. Let’s watch a massive magnetic anomaly.”

“Google says that the northern lights are currently approaching the peak of a 13-year-long cycle,” Chel said, looking up from her iPhone. Cheryl is very brisk. She manages a shop. She has a mind for business, a body for sin, and an iPhone with a 4G connection. You don’t mess with Chel. “The sky’s on fire. The krona is still weak against the pound. We should go.”

So, 48 hours later and we’re on a plane to Reykjavik. It turns out you can absolutely check the weather forecast for the aurora borealis and jump on a plane to chase it if it looks good. This is something you can be very spontaneous about. We have three seats on a plane, and a hotel 20 minutes from the airport. It’s only a two-and-a-half hour flight. We’re going to be under the aurora borealis in the time it takes for the 29 bus to mess about from Great Russell Street to Green Lanes. Amazing.

We check into the Northern Light Inn — a basic, borderline youth-hostely place, of which almost half consists of a massive, floor-to-ceiling window. This shows a pretty total view of the Blue Lagoon, a geothermal power-plant that feeds into a massive luxury spa complex. We are in an awesome, elemental landscape of black rock and boiling white clouds, spilling out of volcanic vents. It feels we are at nature’s beginning. The act of creation is happening right outside our inn.

The sky’s very cloudy.

“You won’t see the lights tonight,” the woman on reception says. “Definitely not.” We look out of the giant window again, at nature’s astonishing, elemental etc. Black rock. Clouds. Vents. “Where is the nearest place where we might find homosexuals, and dancing?” Chel asks, briskly.

Twenty minutes later and we are on a coach to Reykjavik. They run every hour, on the hour, from the Blue Lagoon to the capital city. It’s an hour-long drive through blasted, elemental etc. We keep our faces pressed up against the windows — lest the cloud breaks momentarily and we see the northern lights. It starts raining, hard. We have a very long conversation about sado-masochistic sex, instead.

Reykjavik’s just like I remember it, from the old Britpop days, when a succession of hot young Icelandic bands with massive promotional budgets would fly music journalists to interview them, get them absolutely hammered for 48 hours straight, and then pour them onto an 11am plane back to London, hair still stiff and white from the silica mud of the Blue Lagoon, never having rested in a bed. I once had such a great conversation with a woman that we swapped bras on the dancefloor, without missing a beat. It’s basically Balamory run by people in beautiful shoes who get very, very drunk.

We have dinner and dandy cocktails at the Fish Market — Icelandic ingredients done in a Peruvian/Japanese style — all ceviche, sashimi and spice. There’s some minke whale on the menu. It tastes like venison. Chel has googled minke whale, and they are not endangered. That’s why we’re eating it. Chel has an app for everything.
The meal is both lovely, and 21,000 Icelandic krona, which I’ve decided I’m just not going to google the worth of, in case it upsets me.

“I can tell you,” Chel offers, wielding an app. “No, Chel,” I tell her, holding up a hand, as we wander the twinkly, adorable streets. “It’s far less fun when you know. FAR less fun.”

At midnight, the taxi back to the hotel costs 7,000 krona. God knows how much that was. Maybe I could have bought a house with it. We spend the whole journey with our faces pressed to the windows, looking for northern lights. The rain turns to sleet. The sky is empty.

Thursday, 7am. Two hours before sunrise.

Still, we’re not going to waste our time in Iceland sitting around, waiting for the sky to explode! For the land here explodes, too. If you think you can handle sitting in a Jeep for 12 hours, the two-in-one Golden Circle and South Shore tours will take you on a circular trip of southern Iceland’s most notable geological features, for 31,900 krona per person — which might be either a bargain, or an astonishing extravagance. I’ve chosen not to know. I’m just going to sit in a seat, looking at stuff.

We get picked up from the hotel at 7.20am by our tour guide, Clint. That’s not his real name, but he insists we can’t pronounce his real name correctly, even though I think we’re pretty accurate, and could pass for natives. Especially as Chel has googled the one “must have” Icelandic phrase, “Talarðu ensku?” — “Do you speak English?” With my amazing facility for language, I immediately repeat this back to her as “Parlez-vous Français?” which is useless in four entirely different ways. Clint’s chatty. I think the longest he goes without chatting is three minutes — possibly four.

“I have ADHD!” he keeps saying. “I only sleep three hours a night. My mother said I was a nightmare as a child. I could operate a video player at the age of four!”
This chattiness is good when he’s explaining the geological history of the things we’re seeing. It’s bad when he starts telling us about a man he put in hospital when he beat him up.

“They had to wire his jaw,” he says.

I think we all felt a little bit like Cybill Shepherd in Taxi Driver at that point.

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Oak Hills Population

Sources: United States Census Bureau. 2020 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Office. Web. 17 March 2022.

United States Census Bureau. Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. Web. May 2020.

United States Census Bureau. "P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race." 2020 Census State Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File. U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census. Web. 12 August 2021.

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Oak Hills Demographics Summary

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With 11,682 people, Oak Hills is the 52nd most populated city in the state of Oregon out of 418 cities. But watch out, Oak Hills, because Ontario with 11,031 people and Sandy with 11,319 people are right behind you.

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The largest Oak Hills racial/ethnic groups are White (64.8%) followed by Asian (21.5%) and Hispanic (7.6%).

income icon Median Income

In 2020, the median household income of Oak Hills households was $101,378. Oak Hills households made slightly more than Peoria households ($100,417) and Rhododendron households ($100,660) . However, 5.2% of Oak Hills families live in poverty.

age icon Median Age

The median age for Oak Hills residents is 36.3 years young.

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Portland-filmed HBO series needs female mountain bikers, people of Persian descent, hipster types

Portland casting company Cast Iron Studios has put out a call for locals to work on the new HBO series from executive producer Alan Ball ("Six Feet Under," "True Blood.") The roles are as background performers, not principals, according to casting director Lana Veenker.

Veenker says Cast Iron Studios, which is handling local principal and extras casting, is specifically looking for "experienced female mountain bikers, and people of Persian descent." Persia is the name historically associated with the area we now know as Iran.

The filming will take place in the Portland area July 17-21.

More details: the female mountain bikers should be in their 20s to 30s, and look athletic enough to participate in extreme sports. Those interested should also be able to bring their own equipment -- i.e., mountain bike and cycling shoes -- to the set if they are cast.

In a post on the Cast Iron Studios website, Veenker says there won't be cycling during the filming, but the bikers will be seen as if they had been cycling, and are now finished.

The extras of Persian descent the company is seeking should be men and women ages 30 to 50, but Veenker says in the blog post that they'll also be looking for some children, young adults and seniors of Persian heritage.

And, of course, Portland hipster types are still wanted. "We're constantly combing our database for great beards and mustaches," as Veenker is quoted as saying in the blog post.

The HBO series still doesn't have a title (it's listed on IMDB one of "Here, Now,"  but that's not yet the official title.) Tim Robbins and Holly Hunter star, as an idealistic Portland couple who adopted children from Vietnam, Somalia and Colombia and who also have a biological child.

Though the series is set in Portland, the majority of filming is happening in Los Angeles, with some shooting in Portland of exteriors and other scenes. The pilot was shot in April, with four days of filming in Portland.

The Cast Iron Studios site also specifies that these are non-union positions, with pay starting at minimum wage (8-hour guarantee, plus overtime) for general extras, to between $100-$150/day for other background positions. Background performers can also earn bumps for the use of their cars, bicycles, pets, etc., the site specifies.

To be considered for work as extras on the show, submit online via the company's extras submission form. Deadline is Thursday, July 13, 2017.

For more details, visit the Cast Iron Studios website.

-- Kristi Turnquist


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