Green Fund Exec Admits to Awarding $4K in COVID Relief to Company in Which He Had a Direct Interest

The director of a federal foundation mandated to fund “green” environmental research and technology has acknowledged that he voted to award $393,805 in grants to a Quebec company in which he had a direct interest. “We had a situation where there was $20 million for emergency COVID support and a program was set up,” testified Guy Ouimet at the House of Commons Industry Committee. “We all declared conflicts of interest. Well, not everyone. Not all directors are in conflicts of interest all the time. I don’t want to give that impression.” According to Blacklock’s Reporter, Mr. Ouimet was appointed a director of Sustainable Development Technology Canada in 2018. At the time he was also serving as director of Montreal-based battery recycler Lithion Recycling Inc., now called Lithion Technologies....