OTTAWA — In a move without precedent in Canadian history, Governor General Julie Payette has resigned her post following a review into allegations she created a toxic, verbally abusive workplace at Rideau Hall.
Payette and the Secretary to the Governor General Assunta di Lorenzo were both alleged to have been verbally abusive towards Rideau Hall staff, belittling them and sometimes leaving them in tears. Di Lorenzo, a longtime friend of Payette’s, also resigned on Thursday.
Payette’s downfall comes a little more than three years after she entered the office to great fanfare, a female astronaut with a sterling resume. But her tenure was plagued by controversy after controversy, and sources with deep experience in Rideau Hall have told the Post they feel she was poorly vetted from the start for a position that requires sensitive diplomacy and attention to often arcane ceremonial detail.
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