News Releases

Guy Parent, Canada’s Veterans Ombudsman, released today a report entitled Investing in Veterans Vocational Training. The report examines the delivery and adequacy of Veterans Affairs Canada’s vocational rehabilitation and assistance services and presents recommendations to ensure that Veterans Affairs Canada maintains its commitment to effectively re-establish Veterans into civilian life.

Guy Parent, Canada’s Veterans Ombudsman, today released a review entitled Veterans’ Long-Term Care Needs, which examines the eligibility, accessibility and cost of Veterans Affairs Canada’s Long-Term Care Program. Its aim is to foster a common understanding of Veterans Affairs Canada’s current role in the funding of long-term care benefits for Veterans under the Long-Term Care Program.

Guy Parent, Canada’s Veterans Ombudsman, awarded the Veterans Ombudsman’s Commendation to four individuals who demonstrate exceptional leadership on behalf of Veterans.

“These individuals’ remarkable efforts contribute to the betterment of the lives of Canadian Veterans.” said  Mr.  Parent. “I am very pleased to acknowledge their exemplary commitment to the fair treatment of Veterans and their families, the work they do is truly admirable.”

Canada’s Veterans Ombudsman Guy Parent released today a report entitled Improving the New Veterans Charter: The Parliamentary Review.

Today, the Veterans Ombudsman released a report entitled Veterans' Right to Disclosure: A Matter of Procedural Fairness. The report makes a number of recommendations to improve the administrative practices used by Veterans Affairs Canada when processing applicants' service and health records. 

Today, the Veterans Ombudsman released a report entitled Honouring and Connecting with Canada’s Veterans: a National Veterans Identification Card, in which he recommends to the Minister of Veterans Affairs the formal recognition of former RCMP members as Veterans for commemorative purposes and the issuance of an official identification card for Canada’s Veterans.

Today, Guy Parent, Canada’s Veterans Ombudsman, informed the Minister of Veterans Affairs of his intention to act as an observer to the team conducting the audit of Sunnybrook Hospital.

“Recent allegations regarding the treatment of Veterans at Sunnybrook Hospital are of great concern to me. I welcome the Minister’s call for an audit of the facility. That said, as Veterans Ombudsman, I want to ensure that the audit to be carried out by Veterans Affairs Canada is as thorough as necessary to fully identify and address issues of concern.”

We come together during Veterans’ Week to pay tribute to those who have lost their life in service to our country. We recognize the more than 750,000 Veterans in Canada who have served our country honourably – as part of the Canadian Forces and the RCMP – both here and abroad, in times of peace and times of conflict. And we acknowledge the men and women who continue to serve today.

Today, the Veterans Ombudsman released his report entitled Veterans’ Right to Fair Adjudication, an analysis of decisions of the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal pertaining to the Veterans Review and Appeal Board (the Board).

On 20 February, 2012, the Office of the Veterans Ombudsman released a report entitled Veterans' Right to Know Reasons for Decisions: A Matter of Procedural Fairness. This report examined the adequacy of information provided by Veterans Affairs Canada in their decision letters to Veterans who apply for disability pensions or disability awards.