Public records contradict Boissonnault business associate’s testimony to ethics committee

WATCH ABOVE: Liberal cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault’s former business partner stunned MPs Wednesday by claiming multiple text messages referring to business dealings with “Randy” were the result of an autocorrect error. Krista Hessey reports – Jul 17, 2024Interviews, corporate records and legal documents contradict some key facts of Stephen Anderson’s July 17 testimony about Global Health Imports , the company he co-owned with Boissonnault until last month.

“To learn that he provided the committee with incorrect information is very disappointing, but perhaps not overly surprising,” he said.Anderson sent to Malvina Ghaoui, principal of The Ghaoui Group, on Sept. 8, 2022. Those messages showed him consulting someone named “Randy” on a business deal.At the time the messages were sent, Boissonnault was minister of tourism and associate minister of finance. He was a partner at GHI until September 2021 when he won back his Edmonton Centre seat.

“I have Randy and them I need to update,” he wrote on Sept. 6, 2022. The next text reads: “Asking as west coast is closing in 7 min and Randy is in the Vancouver office.”Story continues below advertisement The minister had previously been subject to a preliminary probe after Global News reported on the text messages from Sept. 8. In a June letter, Ethics Commissioner Konrad von Finckenstein wrote he did not have any information to support the allegation that Boissonnault contravened theThe business deal discussed in the texts is now the subject of a civil fraud lawsuit filed in Edmonton. The Ghaoui Group alleges Anderson and two of his employees committed fraud.

MPs then questioned Anderson about his two businesses, GHI and Global Healthcare Solutions . GHI, which Anderson co-owned with Boissonnault until just recently, bought and sold medical supplies such as gloves and isolation gowns. Curtis James, the manager of a packaging distribution company in the adjoining warehouse complex that housed GHI until late 2022, scoffed at the number and said GHI had “a half dozen at most.”Anderson also said The Ghaoui Group had a contract with both GHI and GHS. Court documents show GHS did not enter into an agreement with The Ghaoui Group, only GHI did. In his sworn affidavit, Anderson said “neither I, nor GHS, are parties to these agreements.

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