Major-General Steven Whelan was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-General and appointed as Commander Military Personnel Command and Chief of Military Personnel, in Ottawa resulting in the following promotions and appointments:
The CIDP's CDN Visiting Defence Fellow( 2020-21) B.Gen Lise Bourgon, will be appointed to commandant of RMC this Summer.
She is the first female commandant in its 146-year history. She will be replacing retiring brigadier-general Sebastien Bouchard, who has held the position since August 2017.
Our own Linna Tam-Seto weighs in.
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