Payette goes, but secrecy remains

Julie Payette leaves, but picking up the pieces means more than a little house cleaning. It requires radical transparency changes. Let's give Canadians the tools they need to monitor and improve those hiding from us.
Julie Payette, pictured on Oct. 2, 2017, laying flowers on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the War Memorial, after being installed as the country's new governor general.
OTTAWA—If only a non-partisan arm's-length vetting committee had been around, Canadians would have had a better governor general than Julie Payette, so they say. Yet the secrecy around her appointment, the prime minister's role, and the vetting process involved are still part of the problem. The...

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