I'm of mixed minds on this.
I understand that it makes sense to have more independence for whoever is doing the reporting on the military, whether it's an ombudsman or an inspector general. The challenge is that in the past, Parliament has not been the best place to put these people, because Parliament has helped to politicize these things in such a way that the reporting is not really focused on improving the CAF. It ends up being mostly about how best to corner the minister of national defence.
What has surprised me in all of my career is that I now really focus on personalities. We're in much better shape having somebody like Minister Anand in this position. She will treat the complaints of the ombudsman more seriously.
I think we need to reform the ombudsman's office so they have more independence over their travel budget and their expenditures. That way, they could do their job without being micromanaged by anybody else who doesn't want to get bad news.