Boissonnault’s former company awarded federal contract in potential conflict of interest

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Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault’s former company won a federal contract in January when he was a shareholder, potentially violating ethics laws.

Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages Minister Randy Boissonnault speaks to reporters as she arrives to a national caucus meeting during a winter caucus retreat on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. a contract in January to supply the agency with disposable gloves. At the time, Boissonnault owned a 50 per cent stake in the company.

He did, however, continue to own a significant stake in GHI, which was held in a numbered company, until late June 2024. Section 13 of Canada’s Conflict of Interest Act states no minister “shall have an interest in a partnership or private corporation” that has a contract with a federal department or agency “under which the partnership or corporation receives a benefit.”

“I would expect that we would see some sort of acknowledgment, if not a full-blown report, applying Section 13 to the contract and minister Boissonnault’s former ownership interest in GHI.”The findings, he said, “breeds greater distrust and cynicism .” In a statement, Boissonnault’s office said he was not involved with the Elections Canada contract and had no knowledge that GHI bid on it.

Ethics commissioner Konrad von Finckenstein subsequently reviewed Boissonnault’s call logs and text communications from Sept. 8, 2022, the day Anderson sent the texts, and

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