I see it as friendly and advisory, and one more port of call to which a veterans organization could go if it were unhappy about a decision. It doesn't mean that he twists the ombudsman's arm. An ombudsman has to be a very strong person who has to know the law. But when it came up, the veterans organizations in Canada all said they would support an ombudsman if that was the way the Woods committee was going to go, 26 years ago.
On October 2nd, 2006. See this statement in context.