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The queen’s rep in Canada calls it quits after probe into toxic workplace - POLITICO
Jan 22, 2021 1 min, 8 secs

"Tensions have arisen at Rideau Hall over the past few months and for that, I am sorry," Julie Payette said Thursday evening.

“Tensions have arisen at Rideau Hall over the past few months and for that, I am sorry,” Payette said in a statement Thursday evening.

“I have come to the conclusion that a new governor general should be appointed.

What happened: Earlier Thursday, news broke that third-party investigators had prepared a “scathing” report — at a cost of nearly C$90,000 — into claims of a toxic work environment perpetuated by Payette and her secretary Assunta Di Lorenzo.

A source also told CBC News that Rideau Hall had gone from being one of the most enjoyable places to work in the federal government to a “house of horrors.”.

In her resignation statement, Payette was apologetic, and said she would use her departure to spend time with her father who is in poor health.

Running list of controversies: Days after Payette was tapped to become governor general it was revealed she’d been charged with second-degree assault in 2011 while living in Maryland.

Payette to be anything other than the extraordinary governor general that she will be.”

Trudeau’s response: Trudeau released a short statement Thursday evening saying that Payette’s resignation provides “an opportunity for new leadership at Rideau Hall to address the workplace concerns raised by employees during the review."

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