A federal ethics investigation of a Department of Industry board will be finalized within 90 days, the Commons ethics committee was told yesterday. Records show then-Industry Minister Navdeep Bains ignored repeated warnings in appointing a Liberal Party donor with a known conflict.

“I deal with conflicts of interest,” Ethics Commissioner Konrad von Finckenstein told the committee. An investigation into Sustainable Development Technology Canada will be completed soon, he said.

“I can tell you now certainly by the 1st of August you will see the reports,” said von Finckenstein. Two directors of Sustainable Development Technology Canada were investigated, he said. Von Finckenstein did not name the directors.