{"id":3043,"date":"2025-03-31T07:46:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T11:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebao.ca\/?p=3043"},"modified":"2025-10-22T07:49:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T11:49:00","slug":"bao-progress-report-implementing-recommendations-of-the-auditor-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebao.ca\/stage\/bao-progress-report-implementing-recommendations-of-the-auditor-general\/","title":{"rendered":"BAO Progress Report: Implementing recommendations of the Auditor General"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Bereavement Authority of Ontario (BAO) is hard at work fulfilling its mandate to serve and protect public interest and govern the bereavement sector in the province.<br>Central to our drive for continual improvement in consumer protection is the audit by the Office of the Auditor General of Ontario, which issued 20 recommendations in its December 2020 report on the BAO. 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