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Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (173 words) |
 | The Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) (French: le Chef d'état-major de la défense) is the senior member of the Canadian Forces and reports directly to the Minister of National Defence. |
| Prior to that, a similar position was held by the chairman of the Chiefs of Staff. |
| Current Chief of the Defence Staff, General Rick Hillier. |
| Jamaica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3237 words) |
| Its indigenous Arawakan-speaking TaÃno inhabitants named the island Xaymaca, meaning either the "land of springs," or the "Land of wood and water." Formerly a Spanish possession known as Santiago, then the British West Indies Crown colony of Jamaica, the country's population is composed mainly of the descendants of former African slaves. |
| In Canada, the Jamaican population is centered in Toronto; in the United Kingdom it is centered in London, but is growing in other cities as well. |
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