Leah Lawrence has resigned as head of Sustainable Development Technology Canada, a funding agency for early-stage cleantech companies that operates at an arm’s length of the federal government. “There has been a sustained and malicious campaign to undermine my leadership,” Lawrence wrote in a Friday letter to SDTC’s board obtained by The Logic, in which she addresses recent allegations levelled against the agency. “This compromises my future ability to lead the organization and puts me in an untenable situation.” (The Logic)
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