Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a “deep and extensive” vetting process showed no issues that should prevent Julie Payette from being Governor General — but he still refuses to say whether he’d discussed with Payette her past legal issues. Pressed Thursday by reporters over whether he’d talked to Payette about two police matters from 2011 that have come to light via media reports, Trudeau was vague. “I can assure everyone that there are no issues that arose in the course of that vetting process that would be any reason to expect Mme. Payette to be anything other than the extraordinary Governor General she will be,” he said during Thursday’s news conference in Barrie, Ont. “I’ll leave it to the prime minister to explain how he arrives at his decisions.”• Email: bplatt@postmedia.com | Twitter: btaplatt

Source: National Post July 20, 2017 20:37 UTC