Posted: Jan 22, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 22
Julie Payette leaves along with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after delivering the throne speech in the Senate chamber in Ottawa on Sept. 23, 2020. Payette resigned her post as governor general on Thursday. She may be the first governor general to have to resign in scandal, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau does not come away from the scandal unscathed.(Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)