Editing Legislative Assembly of Ontario (section)

=== Independent offices protecting certain public interests ===
Additional officers of the Legislative Assembly were created to protect certain public interests, these officers are appointed by unanimous votes of the legislature and report to the legislature through the Speaker rather than to the provincial government.<ref name="McNaught" /> These officers include the [[Auditor General of Ontario|Auditor General]], [[Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario|Information and Privacy Commissioner]], [[Office of the Integrity Commissioner (Ontario)|Integrity Commissioner]], [[Elections Ontario|Chief Electoral Officer]], [[Ontario Ombudsman]], and [[Poet Laureate of Ontario]].<ref>[https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/19p16 S.O. 2019, c. 16].</ref>