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Annette Verschuren maintained her innocence, saying it’s the ‘normal course of business’ for Ottawa to support the clean tech sector.

He accused the leadership of ‘gross mismanagement’ for how it handled taxpayer dollars, and of ‘gross misconduct’ for how they treated employees.

Annette Verschuren resigned shortly after the ethics commissioner said he would investigate her over allegations of breaching the Conflict of Interest Act.

The investigation comes in response to a request by a Tory MP who alleges Annette Verschuren contravened three sections of the Conflict of Interest Act.

Leah Lawrence recently told the Commons ethics committee that her organization had always followed ethical rules under her leadership.

Annette Verschuren of Sustainable Development Technologies Canada testifies she went to great lengths to ensure there was no conflict of interest.

The minister says there is no evidence to justify firing the leadership, who are under review over mismanagement allegations.