Sample Cases
Category: Release
Clearing Out Cleared Up
A former reservist said he had voluntarily left the CF in 1997. When he applied three years later to join the Regular Force, he was told that he could not re-enrol because his former reserve unit had not given him a voluntary release but had released him as “unsuitable for further service." And he was told that he owed the Crown more than $3,000 for unreturned clothing and equipment.
When the
former reservist called us, he believed that the problem of missing items had been
resolved but was concerned that the negative release category was still on his
file. Our investigator discovered that the debt to the Crown had never been
cleared. The unit could not change the release category until the Judge Advocate
General had cleared the debt, so we asked the Assistant Judge Advocate General to
review the file. AJAG concluded that all the missing items had in fact been
accounted for.
When we went back to the unit about the release category, there was no evidence on file that the former reservist had completed voluntary release paperwork, and he himself had no copies of the documents he thought he had signed. The unit had no basis on which to change the release category. However, with his debt officially cleared, the former reservist can request re-enrolment in the CF, and he is satisfied with this conclusion.
