Through the ombudsman's office, Dalton declined an interview request from CBC News. Last summer, in an interview with CBC News, Dalton said he believed the mandate of the veterans ombudsman should be reviewed. Pat Stogran had a notoriously fraught relationship with the federal government while he served as veterans ombudsman. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)A decade ago, retired colonel Pat Stogran was dropped by the former Conservative government following only one term as veterans ombudsman after he accused the department of nickel-and-diming former soldiers. He tended to be among the first to take a stand against the inequities he saw in the veterans system — during one memorably stormy 2010 news conference, for example.

Source: CBC News May 15, 2020 07:52 UTC