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Canada's top general is up for a senior NATO post. Will Trump get in her way?

CBC World · September 18, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

Canada's top general is up for a senior NATO post. Will Trump get in her way?

Canada's Gen.

Jennie Carignan faces Germany's Gen.

Carsten Breuer on Saturday in a secret-ballot contest to chair NATO's Military Committee.

A victory would make Carignan the first woman to hold the post and return Canada to the chair after nearly two decades, amid Ottawa's push for deeper ties with Europe.

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Canada's top general is up for a senior NATO post. Will Trump get in her way?

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