'Highly suspicious': Conservatives, NDP demand Liberal minister explain 'Indigenous' claims

Randy Boissonnault must answer questions about why a company that he co-owned said it was Indigenous-owned while bidding on federal contracts, Tories say

OTTAWA – Conservatives and New Democrats say federal Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault must answer questions about why a company that belonged to him said it was Indigenous-owned while bidding on federal contracts.

“It’s highly suspicious at best. But at worst, it’s fraud,” Conservative ethics critic Michael Barrett told the Commons ethics committee Thursday. His colleague Michael Cooper said Boissonneault has “no place sitting in cabinet.”