A new report says Fraser March, the province's former Ombudsman, was justly fired for questionable spending. (CBC)

The provincial government's decision to fire former Newfoundland and Labrador ombudsman Fraser March was justified, according to an independent review of his dismissal released Monday.

The independent reviewer, retired Newfoundland and Labrador judge John O'Neill, said March held a position of high authority but his conduct regarding his expense claims was not honest.

March was sacked from the post of citizens' representative by a vote of the province's house of assembly in December 2005 after questions were raised about his travel and cellphone expenses.

Provincial Auditor General John Noseworthy uncovered questionable finances, including doing union consulting work while holding the government position.

In April 2007, March's bid to have the Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court overturn his dismissal failed.

March maintains he has done nothing wrong. He told CBC News Tuesday morning that his presentation to O'Neill in the fall was the first opportunity he had to tell his story.

"Justice O'Neill sat for 3½ days and listened to everything I had to say. So, I can never again say that nobody listened to me," March said.

"But, I think he's made an error in judgment. I'm not a dishonest person and if the facts were ever applied to the case, the facts that are sealed in files in the ombudsman's office, you would find I went everywhere I said I went and I talked to all the people I said I talked to."

March said no one, including O'Neill or the auditor general, has had access to the records that he said would clear his name.

March has already lost a court challenge, and he said the O'Neill review was his last opportunity to fight his firing.