# Canada’s top general loses bid to lead NATO Military Committee

https://mins.news/en/item/65669

- CBC News, 2026-09-19 16:53 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-nato-jennie-carignan-election-germany-carsten-breuer-9.7350946?cmp=rss

> Despite backing from the federal government, Canada’s chief of the defence staff lost the vote to become chair of the NATO Military Committee. The committee is NATO’s senior military authority and an important advisory body to the alliance’s political leaders.

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