Payette wasn’t the ideal choice, but the mess is at the feet of one and one — Justin Trudeau.

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When Trudeau took office, he promised merit-based appointments for government jobs of all kinds and set out to set up a team to scrutinize all candidates, from senators to appointees to government committees. did. As for the role of governor, he went in the opposite direction.

Trudeau dismissed a committee set up by former Prime Minister Stephen Harper and advised and presented to candidates for governor-general or vice-governor of the state. He and his team chose Payette directly in 2017, which quickly exploded on their faces.

A traffic accident in Maryland caused the story of Payet running over a blind woman. Payet was cleared by police in the case, but then there was talk of her messy divorce and allegations of violence and abuse. And the problem will prevent anyone from getting a job.

Her past research raised concerns when she worked at the Montreal Science Center, an organization owned and operated by the federal government, regarding questions about her management style and aptitude for high-level positions. It will have been exposed.

All of their concerns now should have been raised in a proper review, as would have been done by a committee founded by Harper and rejected by Trudeau.

Instead, they ignored the warning and pushed for the candidates they chose. They defended her when the article leaked to the press two years ago.

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