Solicitor General of Ontario

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The Solicitor General of Ontario was in charge of the Ministry of the Solicitor General of Ontario is responsible for police and other law enforcement agencies in the province.

The Ministry delivers and administers a wide range of law enforcement services including:

• Ontario Provincial Police
• provincial corrections facilities
• Special Investigations Unit - an agency to probe incidents between police and the public
• enforcing the Police Services Act

As of 2005, the Solicitor General (or Minister of Public Safety and Security) of Ontario is the Honourable Monte Kwinter.

[edit] List of Solicitors-General of Ontario

• Bob Runciman as Ontario Minister of Public Safety and Security 1995-1998
• Jim Flaherty, Progressive Conservative 1998 - as interim minister
• Rob Sampson 1999-2000
• David Turnbull 2001-2002 as Ontario Minister of Public Safety and Security
• Bob Runciman as Ontario Minister of Public Safety and Security 2002-2003
• Monte Kwinter 2003-present