Ms. Pascale Fournier at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On April 28th, 2023. See this statement in context.

April 28th, 2023 / 9:30 a.m.

Former President and Chief Excecutif Officer at the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation and Full Professor at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, As an Individual

Pascale Fournier

Yes, I had to step down, and the eight board members who stepped down with me on that day, the Monday.... It wasn't the entire board that resigned together. There were different resignations. There was a block of the majority of the board that resigned on Monday, April 10, because there was a trust issue and there was this tension regarding recusing some members who were asked to recuse themselves.

So there was a breach of trust about getting to the bottom of this, to protect the foundation under the circumstances.

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