Maxime Bernier says new female head of Canadian Armed Forces is ‘woke’ choice obsessed with ‘gender identity nonsense’

David Krayden

“The new boss of the Canadian Armed Forces appointed by Trudeau yesterday is the woke apparatchik who brought DEI rules and diversity hiring quotas.”

Peoples Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier says the new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Lieut.-Gen. Jenny Carignan, is a poor choice to lead the Canadian Armed Forces given her record of “promoting gender identity nonsense.”

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named Carignan as the first female CDS this week. She will be promoted to full general rank when she assumes her new role.

“The new boss of the Canadian Armed Forces appointed by Trudeau yesterday is the woke apparatchik who brought DEI rules and diversity hiring quotas, turned the CAF into an organization promoting gender identity nonsense, and introduced an ‘inclusive’ dress code so ridiculous it just had to be made more restrictive again,” Bernier posted.

“Now she’ll have full power to make sure we have an army of sissies and minority hires with outdated equipment who couldn’t even repel an invasion from Iceland.”