Her justifications are exactly what they sound like (in French).
The interview was in response to disclosures in the Monreal popular press (LINK), and was followed by more (LINK).
Radio Canada this morning commented that her travel and living expenses are excessive, that her professional capacities are not up to the task, compared to her OIF predecessor, and that the Arcand interview illustrates these points.
Her husband Jean-Daniel Lafond recently made a National Film Board feature-length documentary film about her: HERE. Lafond defended his project to the media HERE.
A 2010 CBC profile of Jean is HERE.
Other U of O Watch blogposts that mention Michaelle Jean are HERE. Her Rock appointment at U of O was done in secrecy and had some controversy.
