Gen. Julie Payette says the criticism she is facing at the end of her first year in office is a natural course of events and in a memo to her staff she says they shouldn’t let the critics get them down. Gen. Julie Payette, in an interview with CPAC last week, addressed some of her critics head on, including saying the staff who left did so because they were looking to advance their careers and that she and they are still in touch. Payette has made some vocal enemies who use words like “disaster” and “outrageous” to describe her style and work as the governor general. Read more: Julie Payette says she’s ‘very proud’ to serve as Canada’s governor general Gov. “I made a speech as I had as an astronaut and I’m not an astronaut any longer, I’m governor general,” Payette said.

Source: thestar September 30, 2018 22:59 UTC