Chair of Federal Green Fund Under Ethics Review Resigns

Published on November 20, 2023

The board chair of an embattled federal green fund has handed in her resignation shortly after being told by the ethics commissioner she was under investigation. Annette Verschuren, who had been the chair of Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) since 2019, told Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne she would depart on Dec. 1, according to CBC News and the Globe and Mail. “While I have faithfully and fully committed myself and my decision-making to serve the organization’s best interests, it is time for me to step aside,” she reportedly wrote in her resignation letter. Interim Ethics Commissioner Konrad von Finckenstein said in a Nov. 16 letter he would investigate Ms. Verschuren over allegations of breaches to the Conflict of Interest Act....

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