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Payette’s resignation was almost certainly at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s request, although neither Trudeau nor LeBlanc would confirm that. (File photo: GG Julie Payette/Facebook)
Governor General Julie Payette’s 21 January 2021 resignation ends a problem-plagued tenure and offers an opportunity for reflection on the role. The denouement came after the completion of a third-party review examining the workplace culture at Rideau Hall after allegations that Payette and her secretary, Assunta Di Lorenzo, a close personal friend, consistently bullied and harassed staff. Payette expressed concerns amid summer media reports by CBC’s Ashley Burke of verbal abuse of staff, but did not offer her resignation until she had seen the independent review, which has not yet been publicly released.
We took our time doing it thoroughly, Knopff said in an email to CBC News. We were to prioritize substantially accomplished people, but to be skeptical of simple celebrity. It was to be a capstone appointment for a fully developed career, not a mid-life stepping-stone appointment, Knopff said. Judgment and temperament were key.
Knopff s six-member committee was chaired by longtime public servant and secretary to the governor general Sheila-Marie Cook. Other members included Kevin MacLeod, who was Canadian secretary to the Queen, along with historians and political scientists.
Christopher McCreery, private secretary to the lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia and one of the committee members, wrote in the book
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