Former Chair of Embattled Green Fund Says She Did No ‘Wrong’ as Testimony Cut Short

Published on December 13, 2023

The former chair of a federal green fund told MPs she didn’t do anything wrong, a day after a whistleblower alleged publicly the organization is corrupt. “I believe the success of the projects SDTC has funded demonstrate that the board under my leadership has done a lot that is right,” Annette Verschuren told the House of Commons industry committee on Dec. 12. She said she resigned from the board on Dec. 1 “not because I have done anything wrong” but because she believes “the organization’s work is too important to be compromised by the distraction that these allegations have caused.” Ms. Verschuren, since 2019, served as board chair of Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), an arms-length federal foundation investing in green technologies....

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