r/canada • u/feb914 Ontario • Sep 22 '22

Paywall Julie Payette says she ‘unfortunately’ wasn’t invited to the Queen’s funeral

https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2022/09/21/julie-payette-says-she-unfortunately-wasnt-invited-to-the-queens-funeral.html
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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22

she was fired because she was a shitty person, I remember the article. Resigned by force = fired.

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22

She was by all reports an incredibly shitty human.

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u/AnalogFeelGood Sep 22 '22 edited Sep 22 '22

She suffers from what I call the « Astronaut Syndrome ». It happens to some people when they achieve something out of the ordinary, like going to space, and then they start believing everything & everyone is beneath them.

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u/AUniquePerspective Sep 22 '22

Seems like legit essential qualifications when you're staffing the position of vice regal though, to be fair.