Michaelle Jean praises Julie Payette’s appointment as Governor General
OTTAWA — Former governor general Michaelle Jean has praised the appointment of Julie Payette to the job, saying the ex-astronaut will be “extraordinary” in her new duties.
“Let’s be delighted, let’s be delighted she has been selected,” Jean told The Canadian Press on Monday.
“She has a renown that precedes her. She is one of those pioneers, one of those women who has been able to take excellence to the highest level.”
Two incidents involving Payette surfaced two weeks ago: a dismissed charge of second-degree assault when she lived in Maryland in 2011 and a fatal car accident in which she was not found at fault.