Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault co-founded Global Health Imports (GHI) with Stephen Anderson at the start of the pandemic, but the minister has repeatedly said he has had no involvement in GHI's operations since he re-entered politics in 2021, since it is against ethics rules.Photo by Justin Tang/The Canadian Press

Boissonnault admits he spoke to business partner in 2022 as MPs try to find the 'other Randy'

The employment minister was on the hot seat for the second time in recent months to explain texts regarding his business dealings

by · National Post

OTTAWA — Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault admitted he briefly spoke on the phone and exchanged text messages with his former business partner in 2022, but only because Purolator mistakenly reached out to him about an account.

Boissonnault was on the hot seat at the House of Commons ethics committee on Thursday for the second time in recent months to answer questions about communications Stephen Anderson had in 2022 with a certain “Randy” regarding business dealings.

Multiple texts about 'other Randy' blamed on 'auto-correct' by Boissonnault's former business partnerOTTAWA — Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault is slamming his former business partner for failing to clear his name in a House of Commons committee’s quest to discover the identity of “the other Randy.” Catherine Lévesque, 17 Jul 2024Mysterious 'Randy' texts at heart of ethics probe into Employment Minister Boissonnault's business dealingsOTTAWA — Ethics commissioner Konrad von Finckenstein said he would take a further look into private text messages sent in 2022 by a mysterious “Randy” that raise questions about Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault’s dealings with a former business partner a year after he joined the federal cabinet.Catherine Lévesque, 04 Jun 2024