Pat Stogran
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Colonel Pat Stogran |
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| Veterans' Ombudsman | |
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In office 2007–2010 |
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| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Guy Parent |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | New Democratic |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater |
Royal Roads Military College Royal Military College United States Army War College |
| Occupation | Soldier, public servant |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Canada
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| Service/branch |
 Canadian Army
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| Years of service | 1976–2007 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Unit |
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Canadian Airborne Regiment |
| Battles/wars |
Bosnian War War in Afghanistan |
Pat Stogran is a retired Colonel of the Canadian Forces Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) and was Canada's first Veteran's Ombudsman. In 2010, Stogran criticized the Conservative government's choice to enforce the New Veterans Charter, which was signed into law by the previous Liberal government in 2005 after approval by all parties. Among other changes, it took away veterans' disability pensions in favour of a one-time lump sum payment (which could be paid monthly). These were deemed inadequate when compared to compensation received by civilians who were similarly injured in industrial accidents. In 2017 he was briefly a candidate for the federal leadership of the New Democratic Party.
Stogran grew up in Northern Quebec with a great love of the outdoors and extreme, over-the-top competition. The second oldest of four brothers – his father was a mining executive who eventually moved the family to British Columbia – Stogran thought regular snowball fights were boring, so he organized games of skins versus shirts. Fishing trips became endurance tests and overnight camping were a survival game. He acquired a martial arts third-degree black belt.
In 1976, after high school, Stogran went to Royal Roads Military College in Victoria, British Columbia, as a way to get an electrical engineering degree in exchange for military service after graduation. He also holds a Master of Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College.
Stogran graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1980 and was commissioned in Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. His initial employment was with that regiment's Third Battalion in CFB Esquimalt in British Columbia. In the latter half of the 1980s, he was employed as the regimental adjutant of the Canadian Airborne Regiment in CFB Petawawa in Ontario. In 1993, Stogran served in the Bosnian War as a Military Observer. He was subsequently awarded a Mentioned-in-Dispatches for courage under fire. In 1994, he had a public disagreement with United Nations commander Sir Michael Rose over the military strategy in Bosnia.
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