Just because others do something wrong does not mean you should too. That's not a good reason.
What you should have done is address the problem and not sign donation tax receipts that wound up going to another company. I repeat, that is not allowed under the Income Tax Act. As the CRA officials told the public accounts committee when they were here, doing that could cost the foundation its charitable status.
In any case, I have another question for you.
You were the foundation's president and CEO for four years. Do you think a charitable organization that uses 41% of its funding to pay its executives is properly allocating its resources to charitable activities, especially when that average is 14% in Quebec?