2023 Canadian Armed Forces General and Flag Officer senior promotions and appointments

[medicineman]

Question: Did the term 'up homers' emerge at all?

Leave Homer out of this...

 

[Skysix]

It is nice to see how meritorious CDS appointments are

 

[GK .Dundas]

It is nice to see how meritorious CDS appointments are

Oh cry me a fucking river...

 

[KevinB]

I always worry when folks try to explain away certain facts with conspiracies.

The dismissive tone she took to Vance’s issues kind of blew that lawyers credibility to me and I shut it off

 

[Edward Campbell]

The Globe and Mail says "The federal government has narrowed the list of candidates to succeed General Wayne Eyre as chief of the defence staff to two, with Lieutenant-General Jennie Carignan among the front-runners, three sources say.

She’s part of a pool of at least four possible successors whose names are circulating in the defence community and the Department of National Defence, according to the sources.

These include Major-General Paul Prévost, Major-General Steve Boivin and Vice-Admiral Bob Auchterlonie. The Globe and Mail is not identifying the sources because they were not authorized to discuss the succession process publicly."

 

[daftandbarmy]

The Globe and Mail says "The federal government has narrowed the list of candidates to succeed General Wayne Eyre as chief of the defence staff to two, with Lieutenant-General Jennie Carignan among the front-runners, three sources say.

She’s part of a pool of at least four possible successors whose names are circulating in the defence community and the Department of National Defence, according to the sources.

These include Major-General Paul Prévost, Major-General Steve Boivin and Vice-Admiral Bob Auchterlonie. The Globe and Mail is not identifying the sources because they were not authorized to discuss the succession process publicly."

Only because Smol says it probably shouldn't happen, I'm looking forward to the appointment of our first female CDS

Smol: A woman as Chief of the Defence Staff? Not yet, Canada​

Capable women can certainly fill the role — but if appointed anytime soon, they'll be cleaning up years of messes created by male political and military leadership.

The military remains, and unfortunately will remain for the foreseeable future, a male-dominated institution. The first female CDS will undoubtedly have already proven herself to be a strong and capable leader. Yet if appointed now, at a time of heightened institutional stress and crisis, she will have to balance the unsteady male-dominated culture of the institution she represents with what will likely turn out to be the unrealistic expectations of politicians and the public to make everything right immediately and make everyone (inside and outside of the military chain of command) happy in every way — regardless of where the Forces may be going.

Smol: A woman as Chief of the Defence Staff? Not yet, Canada

Capable women can certainly fill the role — but if appointed anytime soon, they'll be cleaning up years of messes created by male leaders.

ottawacitizen.com

 

[rmc_wannabe]

That list is awfully short on a lot of things.

I am suprised to not see LGen Allen (current VCDS) in the running.

 

[brihard]

That list is awfully short on a lot of things.

I am suprised to not see LGen Allen (current VCDS) in the running.

Maybe she doesn’t hate herself enough to do it? She’s got almost 41 years in and may simply be looking forward to retirement.

 

[dapaterson]

That list is awfully short on a lot of things.

I am suprised to not see LGen Allen (current VCDS) in the running.

My understanding that there is a degree of self nomination in the process, as noted above, after 41 years, perhaps it's an "I'm done" moment.

 

[dimsum]

Only because Smol says it probably shouldn't happen, I'm looking forward to the appointment of our first female CDS

Smol: A woman as Chief of the Defence Staff? Not yet, Canada​

Capable women can certainly fill the role — but if appointed anytime soon, they'll be cleaning up years of messes created by male political and military leadership.

The military remains, and unfortunately will remain for the foreseeable future, a male-dominated institution. The first female CDS will undoubtedly have already proven herself to be a strong and capable leader. Yet if appointed now, at a time of heightened institutional stress and crisis, she will have to balance the unsteady male-dominated culture of the institution she represents with what will likely turn out to be the unrealistic expectations of politicians and the public to make everything right immediately and make everyone (inside and outside of the military chain of command) happy in every way — regardless of where the Forces may be going.

Smol: A woman as Chief of the Defence Staff? Not yet, Canada

Capable women can certainly fill the role — but if appointed anytime soon, they'll be cleaning up years of messes created by male leaders.

ottawacitizen.com

I think I started the thread on that article but I’m pretty sure that LGen Carignan knows what she’d be getting into.

 

[daftandbarmy]

I think I started the thread on that article but I’m pretty sure that LGen Carignan knows what she’d be getting into.

Yes, given the current government's favourite approach, I believe this would be a good definition

virtue signaling​

noun​

variants or virtue signalling or less commonly virtue-signaling
ˈvər-(ˌ)chü-ˈsig-nə-liŋ
or virtue-signalling
: the act or practice of conspicuously displaying one's awareness of and attentiveness to political issues, matters of social and racial justice, etc., especially instead of taking effective action

Definition of VIRTUE SIGNALING

the act or practice of conspicuously displaying one's awareness of and attentiveness to political issues, matters of social and racial justice, etc., especially instead of taking effective action… See the full definition

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