This is a simple answer. In an ideal world, the ombudsman should report to Parliament. That would be the Legion's ideal scenario. Failing that, we believe there could be a parliamentary secretariat, where possibly all ombudsmen--because there's already a DND ombudsman--could report through the secretariat and then to the minister. But it would still come to the parliamentarians.
We would also like to see a panel of veterans groups such as the Legion, the NCVA, ANAVETS, that the ombudsman could come to if he had specific questions about pensions.
Thank you.