Response to Arbour: Submission of documents

29 July 2021

 

The Honourable Louise Arbour C.C., G.O.Q
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Bay Adelaide Centre, East Tower
22 Adelaide Street West
Toronto, ON, Canada M5H 4E3

 

Dear Ms. Arbour,

Thank you for your letter dated 21 July 2021. Below you will find information that we think would be informative in your study. I draw your attention to in-depth reports on our office that predate the positional paper released last month:

• The Case for a Permanent and Independent Ombudsman, 2017

• A Path Forward: Action Plan for the Office of the Ombudsman, A follow-up report to the Case for a Permanent and Independent Ombudsman, 2017

• Overhauling Oversight: Ombudsman White Paper, 2005

• The Way Forward, 1999

Our website also includes our letters to the Minister and Deputy Minster that outline specific governance issues.

Additionally, I am enclosing our December 2020 submission to Judge Fish’s report. It can also be found on our website: Letter to Independent Review Authority - Canada.ca.

With respect to publically available information, as of 2016 we have been providing the Minister with our statistics on sexual misconduct twice a year, and it is also posted on our website: https://www.canada.ca/en/ombudsman-national-defence-forces/reports-news-statistics/ombudsman-letters.html?s15.

We hope this helps to inform your work. We look forward to meeting you soon.

Sincerely,

Gregory A. Lick

 

Ombudsman

 

cc. Nadia Effendi, BLG Legal Counsel