The federal government has suspended Edmonton Centre MP Randy Boissonnault’s former medical supply company from obtaining government contracts. from bidding or entering into contracts with the federal government, effective Nov. 22, the agency said in a press release.
Boissonnault co-founded GHI with Stephen Anderson, an Edmonton-area hockey coach, in early 2020 after Boissonnault lost his seat in the 2019 election.When he was re-elected in the fall of 2021, Boissonnault said he resigned from GHI and no longer had any role in the company’s operations. He remained a 50 per cent shareholder in the company until late June.sent in 2022 suggesting he was in touch with “Randy” in relation to business deals.
Elections Canada said the contract did not include an Indigenous set-aside requirement, which is a mandatory requirement for federal departments and agencies to award at least five per cent of contracts to Indigenous businesses.Trump vows 25 per cent tariff on all products from Canada, Mexico Boissonnault denies he ever claimed to be Indigenous, but he did identify himself as “non-status adoptive Cree” on several occasions in the past. He later clarified his adopted mother and brother are citizens of the Métis Nation of Alberta.Tory MP Garrett Genuis asked PSPC officials on Tuesday whether Anderson’s false claim that GHI was an Indigenous company factored into the department’s decision to suspend the company.