Among other changes, it took away veterans' disability pensions in favour of a one-time lump sum payment (which could be paid monthly).

Stogran grew up in Northern Quebec with a great love of the outdoors[3][peacock prose] 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.

Stogran graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1980 and was commissioned in Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.

[4] Stogran and his soldiers deployed on three battalion-level combat missions in Afghanistan — including one looking for Osama bin Laden or his remains.

In 2002, after returning from Afghanistan, Stogran was promoted to Colonel and commanded a joint operations group based out of Kingston, Ontario.

After leaving the ombudsmanship, Stogran spoke frequently about veteran's rights, including his own struggles with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).