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Exhibit 99.5
CERTIFICATION OF
 
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL
 
OFFICER
I, Andre Mainella,
 
certify that:
1.
 
I have reviewed this annual report on Form 40-F of PyroGenesis
 
Canada Inc.;
2.
 
Based on
 
my knowledge,
 
this
 
report does
 
not contain
 
any untrue
 
statement
 
of a
 
material fact
 
or omit
 
to state
 
a
material fact necessary
 
to make the
 
statements made,
 
in light of
 
the circumstances
 
under which such
 
statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered
 
by this report;
3.
 
Based
 
on
 
my
 
knowledge,
 
the
 
financial
 
statements,
 
and
 
other
 
financial
 
information
 
included
 
in
 
this
 
report,
 
fairly
present in all
 
material respects the
 
financial condition, results
 
of operations and
 
cash flows of
 
the registrant as
 
of,
and for, the periods presented
 
in this report;
4.
 
The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and
 
I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure
 
controls
and
 
procedures
 
(as
 
defined
 
in
 
Exchange
 
Act
 
Rules
 
13a-15(e)
 
and
 
15d-15e))
 
and
 
internal
 
control
 
over
 
financial
reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f)
 
and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a.
 
Designed such
 
disclosure controls
 
and procedures,
 
or caused
 
such disclosure
 
controls and
 
procedures to
 
be
designed
 
under
 
our
 
supervision,
 
to
 
ensure
 
that
 
material
 
information
 
relating
 
to
 
the
 
registrant,
 
including
 
its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known
 
to us by others within those
 
entities, particularly during the period
 
in
which this report is being prepared;
b.
 
Designed such internal control
 
over financial reporting, or
 
caused such internal control
 
over financial reporting
to
 
be
 
designed
 
under
 
our
 
supervision,
 
to
 
provide
 
reasonable
 
assurance
 
regarding
 
the
 
reliability
 
of
 
financial
reporting
 
and
 
the
 
preparation
 
of
 
financial
 
statements
 
for
 
external
 
purposes
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
generally
accepted accounting principles;
c.
 
Evaluated the effectiveness
 
of the registrant's disclosure
 
controls and procedures
 
and presented in this report
our conclusions about the
 
effectiveness of the
 
disclosure controls and procedures,
 
as of the end of
 
the period
covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d.
 
Disclosed
 
in
 
this
 
report
 
any
 
change
 
in
 
the
 
registrant's
 
internal
 
control
 
over
 
financial
 
reporting
 
that
 
occurred
during the
 
registrant's most
 
recent fiscal year
 
that has
 
materially affected,
 
or is
 
reasonably likely
 
to materially
affect, the registrant's internal control over financial
 
reporting; and
5.
 
The
 
registrant's
 
other
 
certifying
 
officer(s)
 
and
 
I
 
have
 
disclosed,
 
based
 
on
 
our
 
most
 
recent
 
evaluation
 
of
 
internal
control
 
over
 
financial
 
reporting,
 
to
 
the
 
registrant's
 
auditors
 
and
 
the
 
audit
 
committee
 
of
 
the
 
registrant's
 
board
 
of
directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a.
 
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial
reporting which are
 
reasonably likely
 
to adversely
 
affect the
 
registrant's ability
 
to record,
 
process, summarize
and report financial information; and
b.
 
Any fraud, whether or
 
not material, that involves
 
management or other
 
employees who have a significant
 
role
in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
 
Date: March 31
st
, 2023
By:
/s/ Andre Mainella
Andre Mainella
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)