Former military ombudsman Gary Walbourne refused to turn over potentially incriminating emails and the name of the complainant, CBC News has learned. "And it is specified that no communication or information provided to the ombudsman shall be disclosed, except where he is required to report." The only other way Walbourne could have cooperated, said Drapeau, would be with the complainant's permission to share the information. "Obviously, somehow, somebody dropped the ball because it doesn't seem from the public record that any investigation was ever done." "The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces have investigatory bodies to investigate misconduct allegations, such as the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service and the National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces Ombudsman," said Todd Lane.

Source: CBC News February 12, 2021 09:00 UTC