Evidence of meeting #91 for Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was project.
A video is available from Parliament.
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Chair, Board of Directors, Sustainable Development Technology Canada
Yes, I am.
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NDP
Matthew Green NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
At any time, was your company in receipt of funding from the fund that you also chair?
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Chair, Board of Directors, Sustainable Development Technology Canada
I want to make one thing very clear, honourable member. Contrary to erroneous reports and allegations, no project that I have an interest in has applied for funding while I've been chair of SDTC.
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Chair, Board of Directors, Sustainable Development Technology Canada
It was 18 months before.
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Chair, Board of Directors, Sustainable Development Technology Canada
Eighteen months before my appointment as chair, NRStor was funded for a project, yes.
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NDP
Matthew Green NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
Were there any potential votes that would have been dealing with your organization? Did it come to the board, and if so—
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Chair, Board of Directors, Sustainable Development Technology Canada
At the time, obviously, when I was asked to be chair, I disclosed my role as CEO of NRStor to the government, to the vetting process.
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NDP
Matthew Green NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
I'm going to ask the question. I'm going to put it directly, and I'm going to ask for the answer—
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Chair, Board of Directors, Sustainable Development Technology Canada
To the minister—
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NDP
Matthew Green NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
Excuse me, I do have the floor. Did you at any time that you were on the board vote on any motion that would have involved your organization, NRStor?
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Chair, Board of Directors, Sustainable Development Technology Canada
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NDP
Matthew Green NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
Okay.
You never had to recuse yourself from any decisions, funding, ongoing renewals of contracts, or anything of that nature?
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Chair, Board of Directors, Sustainable Development Technology Canada
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Chair, Board of Directors, Sustainable Development Technology Canada
Do you want to start the...? Are you okay?
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NDP
Matthew Green NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
Yes, I'm good. I just wanted to put that out there, because, again, allegations have been made. It's important that we just directly ask the questions and that we're not using hypothetical situations, and you have the opportunity to reply in the public forum.
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Chair, Board of Directors, Sustainable Development Technology Canada
Can I add something to that answer?
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NDP
Matthew Green NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
Unfortunately, not at this moment.
Do you accept the findings of the RCGT report?
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Chair, Board of Directors, Sustainable Development Technology Canada
I think there are lots of errors in the RCGT report, and I'm going to ask Leah to—
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NDP
Matthew Green NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
Can you provide those in writing? That would be more beneficial.
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Chair, Board of Directors, Sustainable Development Technology Canada
Yes, and we have.
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President and Chief Executive Officer, Sustainable Development Technology Canada
Yes. Pardon me, I'm going to have to go through the chair. That was provided in your background stuff.