Liberal Minister OK’d Green Fund Board Chair Despite Knowing of Conflict of Interest: Ex-CEO

Liberal Minister OK’d Green Fund Board Chair Despite Knowing of Conflict of Interest: Ex-CEO
Innovation, Science and Industry Minister Navdeep Bains responds to a question during a news conference in Ottawa on Aug. 25, 2020. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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The recently resigned CEO of the federal green fund says then-Industry Minister Navdeep Bains installed a board chairperson despite knowing her company was being supported by the fund.

Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), an arms-length federal foundation investing in green technologies, has been embroiled in controversy in recent months with accusations of corruption being directed against it by whistleblowers.

Noé Chartier
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Noé Chartier is a senior reporter with the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times. Twitter: @NChartierET
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