Ethics Commissioner to Investigate Chair of Feds’ Green Fund

The investigation comes in response to a request by a Tory MP who alleges Annette Verschuren contravened three sections of the Conflict of Interest Act.

Konrad W. von Finckenstein waits prior to his appearance before a House of Commons science and technology committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Feb. 3, 2011. Pawel Dwulit/The Canadian Press

The ethics commissioner has launched an investigation into the chair of a federal green fund who approved grants to her own company.

Interim Ethics Commissioner Konrad von Finckenstein said he would examine the conduct of Annette Verschuren in relation to the deal in a Nov. 16 letter to Conservative MP Michael Barrett.