Atira challenges accuracy of conflict-of-interest investigation into BC Housing
The province’s largest housing contractor has openly challenged key conclusions of a report that detailed a series of conflicts of interest with BC Housing.
EY found “numerous instances” where Ramsey made decisions that benefited Atira, but not directly himself or Abbott. Ramsey became CEO of BC Housing in 2000, Abbott has headed Attira since 1992 and their relationship started in 2010. The report finds that Atira received at least $90 million in public funds between the end of fiscal year and the completion of BC Housing’s most recent financial review and received $35 million more than the next highest provider in 2022 in bypassing BC Housing’s standard approval channels.
“We are going to make sure that every dollar that’s being spent from the public is being spent in the way that it was intended to do so and that’s the work we are going to have to do,” he said. “Certainly, I’ve already made it clear that I’m of the opinion that changes need to happen there,” he said. “It can’t be business as usual.”“We decline to do so at this time and we continue to have confidence in our executive team,” Elva Kim, Atira’s board chair, responded.“The fact of the matter is this, the Premier has his finger prints all over this scandal,” Todd Stone, BC United’s House Leader, said.
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