A whistleblower on corporate mismanagement in the federal government’s green tech fund delivered explosive testimony to Parliament’s industry and technology committee claiming that the industry minister, François-Philippe Champagne, lied to the ethics committee.
Israr Ahmad, a former employee at Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) claimed that minister Champagne misled the ethics committee by claiming he only learned of the findings from a private-sector report concluding that SDTC had significant problems with corporate mismanagement.
“The minister has spoken on-the-record multiple times that he was only briefed about the outcome on Aug. 27 when that is definitively not true and he has lied at the ethics committee,” said Ahmad.
“The deputy minister spoke to the minister’s office and the minister on several occasions before the briefings were finalized including edits that were made on behalf of the minister’s office.”
Champagne’s office did not respond to a request for comment from True North.
In a Nov. 6 ethics committee meeting, Champagne said that he had learned about the report’s findings when he was briefed earlier in the fall.
“On Sept. 27 I got the finding of that [the report],” said Champagne.
Ahmad also alleged that Champagne misrepresented details about a human resources investigation being briefed about the findings of the report.
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