Trudeau applauds Payette for standing up for science in convention speech
OTTAWA — According to popular Canadian astrologer Georgia Nicols, Canada’s Governor General should be doing what she can to “keep the peace” with loved ones today and avoid the “planetary vibe” that is urging people to engage in power struggles and disputes.
The advice, contained in Julie Payette’s Nov. 2 horoscope on Nicols’ website, might have come a day late, though Payette likely wouldn’t have listened to it anyway.
The Governor General made clear in a speech to scientists at an Ottawa convention Wednesday she has a very low opinion of the validity of horoscopes, people who believe in creationism or those who don’t believe in climate change.
“So many people … still believe, want to believe that maybe taking a sugar pill will cure cancer if you will it good enough and that your future and every single one of the people here’s personalities can be determined by looking at planets coming in front of invented constellations,” she said, to the delight of many scientists and researchers in the room.