FILE PHOTO: Canada's Governor General Julie Payette delivers the throne speech in the Senate chamber in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada September 23, 2020. Adrian Wyld/Pool via REUTERS./File Photo
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Governor General Julie Payette, the representative of the country's head of state, Queen Elizabeth, quit on Thursday amid allegations of workplace harassment, domestic media said, in an embarrassment for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
CBC, CTV and Global News said Payette resigned just hours after the results of an independent probe into the allegations of verbal abuse and bullying by Payette were given to senior officials. The offices of Trudeau and Payette had no immediate comment.
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