The logical choice would be the vice chief of defense staff. Lt General Natynczyk would be the logical choice. However logic dictates that they'll take someone from another arm of the service.
With the need to continue the work that Hillier started by the need to get more naval funding due to the half life upgrades needed by the Halifax frigates and the need for new command and control ships and naval positioning ships, I would think that the Chief of Maritime Staff, Vice Admiral Robertson will be the logical choice.
The other strong Candidate would be Major General Watt who's the Chief of Air Staff because of the need to replace the F-18's hopefully with the JSF.
Its interesting because everything screams that they should replace Hillier with a Francophone to placate Quebec and get them onboard, but a search through the Canadian Forces Command Structure shows that there are no francophones in the senior command structure.
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