Former Green Fund Chair Under Ethics Review Says Actions Were ‘Normal Course of Business’

Published on December 15, 2023

The former board chair of an embattled federal green fund who is under an ethics review for approving money for her own company maintains she did no wrong because it’s the “normal course of business” for the government to support the clean tech sector. Annette Verschuren completed her testimony before the House of Commons industry committee on Dec. 14, two days after her appearance at the previous meeting had been cut short. Ms. Verschuren said her computer froze and she wasn’t able to reconnect on time. The industry committee is doing a review of Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), an arms-length federal foundation investing in green technologies, which has been accused of corruption by a whistleblower....

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