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DAVID PUGLIESE, OTTAWA CITIZEN
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A CANFORGEN has now gone out outlining the latest promotions and retirements from the Canadian Forces. Here it is:
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS, RESULTING FROM RETIREMENTS, ARE AS FOLLOWS:
(2) MAJOR-GENERAL J.M. LANTHIER WILL BE PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL AND WILL BE APPOINTED COMMANDER CANADIAN ARMY, AT NDHQ, IN OTTAWA ON, REPLACING LIEUTENANT-GENERAL P.F. WYNNYK
(3) BRIGADIER-GENERAL J.P.H.H. GOSSELIN WILL BE PROMOTED TO MAJOR- GENERAL AND APPOINTED CHIEF OF PROGRAM, AT NDHQ, IN OTTAWA ON, REPLACING MAJOR-GENERAL J.M. LANTHIER
(4) BRIGADIER-GENERAL M.A.J. CARIGNAN WILL BE APPOINTED AS COMMANDER 2 CANADIAN DIVISION AND JOINT TASK FORCE (EAST), IN MONTREAL QC, REPLACING BRIGADIER-GENERAL J.P.H.H. GOSSELIN
(5) COLONEL D.A. (DAVE) QUINN WILL BE PROMOTED ACTING WHILE SO EMPLOYED TO THE RANK OF BRIGADIER-GENERAL AND APPOINTED AS CHIEF OF STAFF LAND OPERATIONS CANADIAN ARMY, IN NDHQ, IN OTTAWA ON, REPLACING BRIGADIER-GENERAL M.A.J. CARIGNAN
(2) COMMODORE J.B. ZWICK WILL BE PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF REAR-ADMIRAL AND BE APPOINTED AS CHIEF OF FORCE DEVELOPMENT, AT NDHQ, IN OTTAWA ON, REPLACING REAR-ADMIRAL D.C. HAWCO
(3) COMMODORE A.I. TOPSHEE WILL BE APPOINTED AS COMMANDER CANADIAN FLEET PACIFIC, IN ESQUIMALT BC, REPLACING COMMODORE J.B. ZWICK
(4) CAPTAIN (NAVY) J.A. CLARKE WILL BE PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMODORE AND APPOINTED DEPUTY DIRECTOR STRATEGY, POLICY AND PLANS AT THE NORTH AMERICAN AEROSPACE DEFENSE COMMAND, AT COLORADO SPRINGS (USA), REPLACING COMMODORE A.I. TOPSHEE
(2) MAJOR-GENERAL O.H. LAVOIE WILL BE APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF STAFF, STRATEGIC JOINT STAFF, AT NDHQ, IN OTTAWA ON, REPLACING MAJOR-GENERAL A.D. MEINZINGER
(3) BRIGADIER-GENERAL J.S.S.D. FORTIN WILL BE PROMOTED TO MAJOR- GENERAL AND WILL BE APPOINTED COMMANDER 1ST CANADIAN DIVISION, IN KINGSTON ON, REPLACING MAJOR-GENERAL O.H. LAVOIE
(4) COLONEL E.D. SIMONEAU WILL PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF BRIGADIER- GENERAL AND WILL BE SECONDED TO THE PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE, IN OTTAWA ON, REPLACING BRIGADIER-GENERAL J.S.S.D. FORTIN
(2) BRIGADIER-GENERAL D.W. LOWTHIAN WILL BE PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF MAJOR-GENERAL AND WILL BE APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF NORAD OPERATIONS AT NORAD HQ, IN COLORADO SPRINGS (USA), REPLACING MAJOR-GENERAL C.J. COATES
(3) BRIGADIER-GENERAL C.J.J. MIALKOWSKI WILL BE APPOINTED CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE CHIEF DEFENCE STAFF, AT NDHQ, IN OTTAWA ON, REPLACING BRIGADIER-GENERAL D.W. LOWTHIAN
(4) BRIGADIER-GENERAL J.R.M. GAGNE WILL DEPLOY AS DEPUTY COORDINATOR SUPPORT USSC/ COMMMANDER TASK FORCE MIDDLE EAST, REPLACING BRIGADIER-GENERAL C.J.J. MIALKOWSKI (5) COLONEL W.H. FLETCHER WILL BE PROMOTED ACTING WHILE SO EMPLOYED TO THE RANK OF BRIGADIER-GENERAL AND APPOINTED DEPUTY COMMANDER 18 AB CORPS US ARMY, IN NORTH CAROLINA (USA), REPLACING BRIGADIER-GENERAL J.R.M. GAGNE
(2) REAR-ADMIRAL J.R. AUCHTERLONIE WILL BE APPOINTED COMMANDER MARITIME FORCES PACIFIC/JOINT TASK FORCE (PACIFIC), IN ESQUIMALT BC, REPLACING REAR-ADMIRAL A.G. MCDONALD
(3) MAJOR-GENERAL W.F. SEYMOUR WILL BE APPOINTED DEPUTY COMMANDER – CANADIAN JOINT OPERATIONS COMMAND, AT NDHQ, IN OTTAWA ON, REPLACING REAR-ADMIRAL J.R. AUCHTERLONIE
(4) COMMODORE B.W.N. SANTARPIA WILL BE PROMOTED TO REAR-ADMIRAL AND WILL BE APPOINTED CHIEF OF STAFF OPERATIONS, CANADIAN JOINT OPERATIONS COMMAND, AT NDHQ, IN OTTAWA ON, REPLACING MAJOR-GENERAL W.F. SEYMOUR
(5) CAPTAIN (NAVY) B. PEATS WILL BE PROMOTED ACTING WHILE SO EMPLOYED TO THE RANK OF COMMODORE AND WILL BE APPOINTED DIRECTOR GENERAL PLANS – STRATEGIC JOINT STAFF, AT NDHQ, IN OTTAWA ON, REPLACING COMMODORE B.W.N. SANTARPIA
(2) BRIGADIER-GENERAL S.M. CADDEN WILL BE PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF MAJOR-GENERAL AND APPOINTED COMMANDER CANADIAN ARMY DOCTRINE AND TRAINING CENTRE, IN KINGSTON ON, REPLACING MAJOR-GENERAL S.C. HETHERINGTON
(3) BRIGADIER-GENERAL J.J.M.J. PAUL WILL BE APPOINTED AS COMMANDER 4TH CANADIAN DIVISION, IN TORONTO ON, REPLACING BRIGADIER-GENERAL S.M. CADDEN
(4) COLONEL M.C. WRIGHT WILL BE PROMOTED ACTING WHILE SO EMPLOYED TO THE RANK OF BRIGADIER-GENERAL AND BE APPOINTED AS CHIEF OF STAFF CANADIAN FORCES INTELLIGENCE COMMAND, AT NDHQ, IN OTTAWA ON, REPLACING BRIGADIER-GENERAL J.J.M.J. PAUL
(2) BRIGADIER-GENERAL ACTING WHILE SO EMPLOYED K.G. HORGAN WILL BE PROMOTED SUBSTANTIVE TO THE RANK OF BRIGADIER-GENERAL AND WAS APPOINTED AS CHIEF OF STAFF, VICE-CHIEF OF THE DEFENCE STAFF, AT NDHQ, IN OTTAWA ON, REPLACING MAJOR-GENERAL S.G. FRIDAY
(2) BRIGADIER-GENERAL F.J. ALLEN WILL BE PROMOTED TO MAJOR-GENERAL AND APPOINTED AS DEPUTY VICE-CHIEF OF THE DEFENCE STAFF, AT NDHQ, IN OTTAWA ON, REPLACING MAJOR-GENERAL S.G. FRIDAY
(3) COLONEL P.C. SABOURIN WILL BE PROMOTED ACTING WHILE SO EMPLOYED TO THE RANK OF BRIGADIER-GENERAL AND APPOINTED DIRECTOR GENERAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS, AT NDHQ, IN OTTAWA, REPLACING BRIGADIER-GENERAL F.J. ALLEN
(2) BRIGADIER-GENERAL D.J. ANDERSON WILL BE APPOINTED DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF – OPERATIONS, CANADIAN JOINT OPERATIONS COMMAND, IN OTTAWA ON, REPLACING BRIGADIER-GENERAL F.J. CHAGNON
(3) BRIGADIER-GENERAL M.H.L. BOURGON WILL BE APPOINTED AS CHIEF OF STAFF READINESS CANADIAN JOINT OPERATIONS COMMAND, AT NDHQ, IN OTTAWA, REPLACING BRIGADIER-GENERAL D.J. ANDERSON
(4) BRIGADIER-GENERAL J.P.R. PREVOST WILL BE APPOINTED AS DIRECTOR GENERAL OPERATIONS, STRATEGIC JOINT STAFF, AT NDHQ, IN OTTAWA ON, REPLACING BRIGADIER-GENERAL M.H.L. BOURGON
(5) COLONEL J.A.S. BERNARD WILL BE PROMOTED ACTING WHILE SO EMPLOYED TO THE RANK OF BRIGADIER-GENERAL AND APPOINTED DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF PLANS, CANADIAN JOINT OPERATIONS COMMAND, IN OTTAWA ON, REPLACING BRIGADIER-GENERAL J.P.R. PREVOST
(2) BRIGADIER-GENERAL R. DELANEY WILL BE APPOINTED MINISTERIAL LIAISON TEAM DIRECTOR – OP IMPACT, REPLACING BRIGADIER-GENERAL S.J.R. WHELAN
(3) COLONEL J.S. TRUDEAU WILL BE PROMOTED TO BRIGADIER-GENERAL AND APPOINTED AS CANADIAN FORCES PROVOST MARSHAL, AT NDHQ, IN OTTAWA ON, REPLACING BRIGADIER-GENERAL R. DELANEY
(2) COLONEL A.R. JAYNE WAS PROMOTED ACTING WHILE SO EMPLOYED TO THE RANK OF BRIGADIER-GENERAL AND DEPLOYED ON OPERATION IMPACT, REPLACING BRIGADIER-GENERAL D.A. MACISAAC. UPON RETURN FROM OPERATIONS, BRIGADIER-GENERAL A.R. JAYNE WILL BE APPOINTED AS DIRECTOR GENERAL CYBERSPACE, AT NDHQ, IN OTTAWA ON, REPLACING COMMODORE R. FELTHAM
(2) BRIGADIER-GENERAL P.S. DAWE WILL BE PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF MAJOR-GENERAL AND APPOINTED AS COMMANDER CANADIAN SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES COMMAND, AT NDHQ, IN OTTAWA ON, REPLACING MAJOR-GENERAL M.N. ROULEAU
(3) COLONEL J.M.S. (STEVE) BOIVIN WILL BE PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF BRIGADIER-GENERAL AND APPOINTED AS DEPUTY COMMANDER, CANADIAN SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES COMMAND, REPLACING BRIGADIER-GENERAL P.S. DAWE
(2) CAPTAIN (NAVY) C.S. EARL WILL BE PROMOTED ACTING WHILE SO EMPLOYED TO THE RANK OF COMMODORE AND WILL BE APPOINTED DIRECTOR GENERAL MARITIME EQUIPMENT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, AT NDHQ, IN OTTAWA ON, REPLACING COMMODORE J.A.S. PAGE
(2) BRIGADIER-GENERAL J.R.P. LAROCHE WILL BE APPOINTED AS DEPUTY J3 OPERATIONS WITH UNITED STATES PACIFIC COMMAND (HAWAII), IN PEARL HARBOUR HI (USA), REPLACING BRIGADIER-GENERAL M. LEBLANC
(3) BRIGADIER-GENERAL S.N. CLANCY WILL BE APPOINTED AS DEPUTY COMMANDER ALASKAN NORAD REGION, IN ANCHORAGE AK (USA), REPLACING BRIGADIER-GENERAL J.R.P. LAROCHE
(4) BRIGADIER-GENERAL E.J. KENNY WILL BE APPOINTED AS DIRECTOR GENERAL AIR READINESS, AT NHDQ, IN OTTAWA ON, REPLACING BRIGADIER- GENERAL S.N. CLANCY
(5) COLONEL I.S. HUDDLESTON WILL BE PROMOTED TO BRIGADIER-GENERAL AND WILL BE APPOINTED AS DEPUTY COMMANDER FORCE GENERATION, AT 1 CANADIAN AIR DIVISION HQ, IN WINNIPEG MB, REPLACING BRIGADIER-GENERAL E.J. KENNY
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OTTAWA — Canada is being forced to shoulder a bigger share of the costs of developing F-35 fighter jets even though it has not decided whether it will actually buy any. Canada is one of nine partner countries in the F-35 project, each of which is required to cover a portion of the stealth fighter's multibillion-dollar development costs to stay at the table. Each country pays based on the number of F-35s it's expecting to buy. Canada has pitched in more than half-a-billion dollars over the last 20 years, including $54 million last year. But that amount was based on the Stephen Harper government's plan to buy 65 new fighter jets to replace Canada's aging CF-18s, which the Trudeau government has since officially increased to 88. Even though Canada has not committed that those 88 jets will be F-35s, the Department of National Defence says that change means it will have to pay more to remain a partner — including about $72 million this year. “Canada's costs under the F-35 (partnership agreement) are based on an intended fleet size,” Defence Department spokeswoman Ashley Lemire said in an email. “Canada changed its fleet size within the F-35 (agreement) from 65 to 88 aircraft to align with government decisions on the size of the intended permanent fighter fleet to be acquired through competition and the payment increased accordingly.” The F-35's development costs have been a constant source of criticism over the life of the stealth-fighter program, which Canada first joined under the Chretien government in 1997. The entire program is believed to have already cost more than US$1 trillion. The Trudeau government says it plans to keep Canada in the F-35 development effort until a replacement for the CF-18s is chosen — partners in the development work can buy the planes at a lower price and compete for work associated with their production and long-term maintenance. Canadian companies have so far won more than $1.2 billion in contracts related to the F-35, according to the government. The F-35 is one of four planes slated to participate in the $19-billion competition that the government plans to launch this spring, the others being Boeing's Super Hornet, Eurofighter's Typhoon and Saab's Gripen. The competition isn't scheduled to select a winner until 2021 or 2022, meaning Canada will be on the hook for several more payments. The first new aircraft is expected in 2025 and the last in 2031, when the CF-18s will be phased out. F-35 maker Lockheed Martin says more than 350 of the stealth fighters have been delivered to different countries, while Israel became the first country to use the plane in combat last year when two of the jets struck targets in neighbouring Syria. Acting U.S. defence secretary Patrick Shanahan, a former Boeing executive, nonetheless criticized the program on Monday, saying it “has room for a lot more performance.” “I am biased toward performance,” he was quoted as saying when asked if he is biased toward Boeing. “I am biased toward giving the taxpayer their money's worth. And the F-35, unequivocally, I can say, has a lot of opportunity for more performance.” https://ottawacitizen.com/news/world/plan-to-buy-more-fighter-jets-puts-canada-on-hook-for-bigger-share-of-f-35-costs/wcm/efec8576-c36f-40cf-922a-2bb324352388