Leaked report suggests Quebec’s Green Fund awash in waste: report
MONTREAL — Coalition Avenir Quebec Leader Francois Legault took the Couillard Liberals to task Thursday after a leaked report showed a $4-billion Green Fund aimed at reducing greenhouse-gas emissions has been mismanaged and failed to meet targets.
The confidential preliminary document obtained by Montreal’s Le Devoir suggests questionable decisions have cost hundreds of millions in public funds without producing the desired environmental benefits.
The report by the Green Fund’s management board uncovered a lack of rigour among government departments that used it to finance projects, noting many projects did not guarantee the ultimate goal of reducing carbon emissions, the newspaper reported Thursday. The board examined 183 climate-change reduction actions, recommending that many be cancelled immediately or re-evaluated.
Legault, under heavy fire in recent days, saw an opportunity on Day 29 of the campaign to tee off on the Liberals.