Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan has been named the next chief of the defence staff, CBC News and Radio-Canada have learned — making her the first woman to serve as the top commander of the Canadian military. Carignan will succeed Gen. Wayne Eyre as leader of the Canadian Armed Forces, a senior source said. Canada has had 21 full-time defence chiefs since the role was created in 1964, all of them men. The source said Carignan was offered the position on Wednesday and has accepted. More to come ...Philip Ling (new window), Murray Brewster (new window), Louis Blouin (new window) · CBC News ·with files from Murray Brewster and Louis Blouin
