Global Health Imports was at the centre of a series of scandals that eventually forced the Edmonton MP to quit cabinet
In November, former minister Randy Boissonnault stepped down from cabinet and apologized to a House of Commons committee, telling fellow MPs he is not Indigenous. Boissonnault rises during Question Period, on Nov. 18, 2024 in Ottawa.The company that was co-founded by former federal cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault is now barred from doing business with the federal government until 2030
This fall, the National Post revealed that the company described itself as wholly Indigenous-owned to apply for government contracts that were meant for Indigenous businesses. He had been described as Indigenous multiple times in Liberal party communications, had referred to himself as “non-status adopted Cree” and had said his great-grandmother was a “full-blooded Cree woman.”
Boissonnault has maintained he did not have a role in the company’s operations after he was elected in 2021.
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