Veterans ombudsman will not be re-appointed by Tories

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Canada's outspoken veterans ombudsman won't be re-appointed by the Conservative government.

Sources have told The Canadian Press that retired colonel Pat Stogran, who commanded the country's first battle group in Kandahar in 2002, was notified earlier this week that his term won't be renewed.

He apparently ran afoul of the federal government in his criticism of the bureaucracy, which he accused of being more interested in saving money than helping veterans.

His term comes to an end in November.

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