ACVA Committee Report
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CHAIR’S FOREWORD
In the spring of 2006, the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs undertook its study on the creation of a Veterans ombudsman’s office. Over the past year the Committee heard from an extensive list of witnesses. The Committee visited care facilities to see first hand how our veterans are supported. Throughout the process, the enormous sacrifices our veterans have made were brought home again and again.
An ombudsman would give our veterans an advocate. Someone to help them obtain the best services possible. Here is a list of recommendations that reinforce this premise. Support for this report is unanimous and stand as testimony to how parliamentarians can work together.
I would like to thank all of the witnesses who have appeared before the Committee. Thanks also to the members of the Committee for their hard work. A special thanks to the clerk of the Committee Alexandre Roger, and the researcher Michel Rossignol who compiled this report. Their hard work and assistance is appreciated by all.
Lest we forget.