The former CEO of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation told a parliamentary committee Friday that she resigned from that position earlier this month because of a breakdown in trust on the organization's board of directors.
Pascale Fournier said the tensions arose after she pushed for an independent forensic audit into donations made by Chinese businessmen - and received pushback when she insisted that some members of the board recuse themselves from any such investigation.
Fournier told the House of Commons ethics committee on Friday that the report prompted her to review emails from before her tenure as CEO. “Other members were saying, 'Recuse yourself. We want an independent committee,' and that was the heart of the tension,” Fournier said. The foundation, which provides scholarships and mentorship programs, took significant issue with Fournier's comments in a statement released on Friday.
After Fournier's resignation the foundation asked the federal auditor general to look into the donations. The prime minister has repeatedly said that he has had no involvement with the foundation for about 10 years.
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