Trudeau needs to move quickly to deny any pension or remuneration to former disgraced GG

When the law is an ass, it should be amended.

Julie Payette, pictured in this file photo, resigned as governor general on Jan. 21, 2021, after an independent report found the workplace she led at Rideau Hall along with her deputy Assunta Di Lorenzo was toxic. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

February 1, 2021

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to move quickly to deny any pension or remuneration to the disgraced former governor general of Canada. Notwithstanding government claims that the law requires payment, when the law is an ass, it should be amended. When the initial post-retirement pension was in...

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