Article contentLast week, after news broke that a dozen Rideau Hall staffers were alleging verbal abuse and a hostile work environment created by Governor General Julie Payette, the phone of a former employee at the Montreal Science Centre lit up. “When the news came out, I got 15 or 16 texts from friends, coworkers, ex-coworkers: ‘Oh my god, your old boss! We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or How Julie Payette's time running the Montreal Science Centre foreshadowed trouble at Rideau Hall Back to videoRideau Hall — the office of the Queen’s representative in Canada — is now in the extraordinary position of having a third-party workplace investigation after the Privy Council Office intervened due to the allegations aired in a CBC story. But based on accounts given to the National Post, the people who may have been least shocked about Rideau Hall workplace turmoil were people who worked under Payette between 2013 and 2016, when she ran the Montreal Science Centre as chief operating officer.

Source: National Post July 31, 2020 19:47 UTC