The former CEO of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation says she resigned as a result of some members of its board of administrators refused to recuse themselves from involvement in an impartial forensic audit right into a 2016 donation that she says was linked to China.
Pascale Fournier and eight different board members of the muse resigned on April 11.
Fournier was a witness on the House of Commons ethics committee this morning as a part of its research on international interference in Canada.
She says that after the Globe and Mail reported in February on connections between the Chinese authorities and donors to the muse, she discovered {that a} Chinese group was speaking with basis workers about omitting data on a tax receipt for a donation.
She says that after she found two totally different tax receipts have been related to the identical $140,000 present, she sought to have the small print examined by accountants and legal professionals — however she obtained pushback from some members of the board.
The basis, which offers scholarships and mentorship packages, didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
