Shayne Ramsay, the former head of B.C. Housing whose two-decade long record at the provincial agency has been rocked with conflict-of-interest accusations, is no longer with the Squamish Nation company building the Senakw project.
Ramsay was named executive vice-president at Nch’ḵay̓ Development Corporation last September, the same month he left B.C Housing.
On Friday, the company confirmed Ramsay has “stepped down” from his position and is no longer with Nch’ḵay̓. No other details were provided.
Ramsay was the subject of a scathing government audit that identified serious conflict-of-interest issues between B.C. Housing and Atira Women’s Resource Society, whose CEO Janice Abbott is Ramsay’s wife.
Atira, the province’s largest non-profit housing provider, has received more than $120 million in B.C. Housing funding since 2018. It currently operates nearly 3,000 units in the Lower Mainland.
The report said Ramsay repeatedly involved himself in matters related to Atira, despite signing a conflict-of-interest agreement in 2010, the year he and Abbott got married.
It found numerous instances where Ramsay directly communicated with B.C. Housing staff related to Atira, and altered meeting minutes and deleted text messages.
Premier David Eby and Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon had asked for a leadership change at Atira, but the non-profit’s board defiantly rejected the request. On Friday, it adopted a more conciliatory tone, saying it plans to launch an independent review of its operations.
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