Matthew Fisher says the question is whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will burnish his progressive credentials and name a woman as the next chief of defence staff.

Gen. Jonathan Vance is arguably Canada’s most well-known warrior in more than half a century, Matthew Fisher says. Vance has announced his retirement.

Gen. Jonathan Vance has served as top soldier since July 2015.

Canada’s military has created a new 'hateful conduct' policy to help detect and weed out members with links to white supremacist or other hate groups.

Chief of the defence staff Gen. Jonathan Vance says in an open letter to all Canadian Armed Forces members that there may be legitimate reasons fewer of them are calling military helplines or accessing mental-health professionals.

The move, announced on Twitter Tuesday, follows the lead of Germany and several other allies who have withdrawn some of their troops.

The comments come amid questions over whether the newly re-elected Liberal government plans to replace Vance, who was first appointed chief of the defence staff by Stephen Harper and is now in his fifth year in the position.

"I think there's been quite a spike in terms of people coming out," said Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Vance.

Gen. Jonathan Vance says the military's counter-intelligence unit was first alerted to Patrik Mathews in April.

There will be an $800 million cap on settlements for military victims and $100 million cap for civilians.