The ombudsman for the Canadian Armed Forces has called on MPs to make his office independent of the Department of National Defence (DND), arguing it “makes no sense” for him to report directly to the defence minister while overseeing the department.
“My organization is subject to oversight and investigation by the same department that it is mandated to oversee. The conflict here is obvious,” Ombudsman Gregory Lick told MPs on the House of Commons defence committee on Feb. 26.
