Equitas Society

This article was published a year ago in the Ottawa Citizen and here we
are a year later and everything in it is still relevant. Nothing has
changed.
Ombudsman Gary Walbourne said at the time: “Senators, if your
committee is going to commence yet another review on the subject of
transition and the ill and injured I encourage you to leave the confines of
the Ottawa bubble and get out on the road, visit the Integrated
Personnel Support Units, talk to the members AND their families on the
ground. What you will hear will be quite different from the bureaucratic
talking points delivered to you here at committee.
We are not here to empower the core public service nor are we here to
boost the egos of people in positions of power. We serve the members
so let’s make sure we build a system that empowers them. Right now
we are not living up to our end of the bargain. “