# Governor General of Canada resigns after “scathing” report on workplace harrassment **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 21, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-general-of-canada-resigns-after-scathing-report-on-workplace-harrassment/931141 "2021-01-21T21:27:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-general-of-canada-resigns-after-scathing-report-on-workplace-harrassment/931141/41 "2021-01-25T02:27:58Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > So I’m guessing on a quick appointment by HM, on the advice of the PM. Looks like the Privy Council Office has been moving quickly: > **[Privy Council Office to advise PM this week on selecting new governor...](https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/privy-council-office-trudeau-governor-general-1.5885792)** > > The Privy Council Office will be giving Prime Minister Justin Trudeau advice this week on selecting a new governor general after Julie Payette resigned amid a scathing report into harassment and a toxic work environment at Rideau Hall. I’m also curious if they will release an executive summary or redacted version of the report. ---
**Author:** ![FriendlyCurmudgeon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friendlycurmudgeon/32/5786_2.png) [@FriendlyCurmudgeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriendlyCurmudgeon)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-general-of-canada-resigns-after-scathing-report-on-workplace-harrassment/931141/42 "2021-01-25T14:15:27Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > I’m also curious if they will release an executive summary or redacted version of the report. Leblanc on Question Period yesterday said it’ll be a redacted version DOJ is looking at it now. The only thing that should be redacted is the identity of the employees. Here’s hoping that’s all that’s redacted but not holding my breath. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-general-of-canada-resigns-after-scathing-report-on-workplace-harrassment/931141/43 "2021-01-25T16:30:42Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > That article says that Trudeau appointed Payette **after disbanding the search committee** that had been established by the previous government, and which is described in my quote in the previous post. I hate to say it because I like Trudeau, but he bears full responsibility for this, with some of the blame also going to Chretien for recommending her. I agree. Though hindsight is 20/20, this sounds like a big and unnecessary fuckup on Trudeau’s part. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-general-of-canada-resigns-after-scathing-report-on-workplace-harrassment/931141/44 "2021-01-25T19:23:21Z")
I hope they don’t dawdle in finding her replacement. I’d rather that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada focus on his full time job than fuss about as interim GG. Yes, the SCC bench can spread the load among themselves, but it’s not like they are sitting on their hands. ---
**Author:** ![FriendlyCurmudgeon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friendlycurmudgeon/32/5786_2.png) [@FriendlyCurmudgeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriendlyCurmudgeon)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-general-of-canada-resigns-after-scathing-report-on-workplace-harrassment/931141/45 "2021-01-25T19:49:13Z")
I know we’re stuck paying her 150K pension until the end of time. I at least hope they revoke her annual travelling expenses that’s usually afforded to all GGs. I can’t imagine there being a demand after this to hear her speak from anyone about anything. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-general-of-canada-resigns-after-scathing-report-on-workplace-harrassment/931141/46 "2021-01-26T08:55:51Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > ough hindsight is 20/20, this sounds like a big and unnecessary fuckup on Trudeau’s part. There’s an important political issue regarding the selection of the H.O.S, independent of Trudeau’s personal meglomania. If the GG is selected independently, it gives the GG an independent source of authority. It makes the GG both less likely to accept direction, and more likely to win if there is a fight. Having seen these things develop in small clubs and big business, I’m aware of the problems that can cause, and the problems caused by people reacting to the situation. And it’s always a big part of the discussion about the method of selection for the GG. I don’t mean that Trudeau was right to disband the search panel, just that it was an entirely understandable action that doesn’t in itself say anything about him. Of course, having disbanded the search panel, any decision he makes is entirely his own fault. Avoidance of fault is the main reason for handing things off to committees. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-general-of-canada-resigns-after-scathing-report-on-workplace-harrassment/931141/47 "2021-01-26T11:48:24Z")
We need a normal person, schooled in the arts of parliamentary democracy, diplomacy, and Canadian history, who can speak French and English easily, and who knows both Quebec civil and English common law. I nominate **Northern Piper**. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-general-of-canada-resigns-after-scathing-report-on-workplace-harrassment/931141/48 "2021-01-26T16:02:07Z")
I’ll second the nomination. But if he turns all Clarkson on us, he has to take me on some of the lavish post-pension trips. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-general-of-canada-resigns-after-scathing-report-on-workplace-harrassment/931141/49 "2021-01-26T17:05:53Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I nominate **Northern Piper**. Shoot, I was gonna nominate **you**! ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-general-of-canada-resigns-after-scathing-report-on-workplace-harrassment/931141/50 "2021-01-26T18:39:47Z")
Which one is more likely to help me tour Scandinavia? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-general-of-canada-resigns-after-scathing-report-on-workplace-harrassment/931141/51 "2021-01-27T02:54:43Z")
Nomination thirded. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-general-of-canada-resigns-after-scathing-report-on-workplace-harrassment/931141/52 "2021-01-27T07:41:22Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > Shoot, I was gonna nominate **you**! I appreciate the thought, **Boo** , but I’d really need to brush up on my French. I was fairly fluent at one time, but it’s withered through disuse. I suppose a refresher course could fix that, but I’m unsure how long it would take before I could converse easily with Canadian French speakers. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-general-of-canada-resigns-after-scathing-report-on-workplace-harrassment/931141/53 "2021-01-28T09:02:00Z")
If one were to leak to the press that **Northern Piper** has been short-listed, that might get the PMO to consider him. ---
**Author:** ![FriendlyCurmudgeon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friendlycurmudgeon/32/5786_2.png) [@FriendlyCurmudgeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriendlyCurmudgeon)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-general-of-canada-resigns-after-scathing-report-on-workplace-harrassment/931141/54 "2021-01-28T12:47:20Z")
[Julie Payette hates her job](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy3Z3eXdLlw) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-general-of-canada-resigns-after-scathing-report-on-workplace-harrassment/931141/55 "2021-01-28T18:09:23Z")
Man, can you imagine someone as competent as Northern Piper in the federal government?!? Never mind GG, Northern Piper for Prime Minister! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-general-of-canada-resigns-after-scathing-report-on-workplace-harrassment/931141/56 "2021-01-28T19:47:06Z")
I agree! ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-general-of-canada-resigns-after-scathing-report-on-workplace-harrassment/931141/57 "2021-01-29T03:06:22Z")
**Northern Piper** for Benevolent Dictator! ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-general-of-canada-resigns-after-scathing-report-on-workplace-harrassment/931141/58 "2021-01-29T03:29:07Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > I’ll second the nomination. But if he turns all Clarkson on us, he has to take me on some of the lavish post-pension trips. BTW, as GG he also gets a [spiffy uniform](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=governor+general%27s+uniform&tbm=isch&chips=q:governor+general+uniform,g_1:canada:E0sJVXcc5b4%3D&usg=AI4_-kSdcoebreOkn3yqql0Qg5726lsuAg&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi9y5X2mMDuAhWqMlkFHSVwDwoQgIoDKAB6BAgCEAY&biw=1295&bih=613). ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-general-of-canada-resigns-after-scathing-report-on-workplace-harrassment/931141/59 "2021-01-29T05:14:59Z")
Several of them, in fact, depending on the occasion. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2021, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-general-of-canada-resigns-after-scathing-report-on-workplace-harrassment/931141/61 "2021-01-30T00:42:38Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > Let me get this right … some Canadians are NOT unfailingly polite? 😇 The USA has a designated survivor. Canada has a designated grump. To help protect Canadians from our designated grump, we try to keep them busy with lots of time-filling ceremonial meetings with non-Canadian dignitaries. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-general-of-canada-resigns-after-scathing-report-on-workplace-harrassment/931141.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-general-of-canada-resigns-after-scathing-report-on-workplace-harrassment/931141.md?page=4)