{"id":17880,"date":"2025-02-22T03:45:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T03:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/boissonnaults-former-company-ineligible-for-federal-contracts-for-5-years\/"},"modified":"2025-02-22T03:45:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T03:45:48","slug":"boissonnaults-former-company-ineligible-for-federal-contracts-for-5-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/boissonnaults-former-company-ineligible-for-federal-contracts-for-5-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Boissonnault\u2019s former company ineligible for federal contracts for 5 years"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The company that was co-founded by former federal cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault<\/a> is now barred from doing business with the federal government until 2030.<\/p>\n

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Global Health Imports was suspended in November and has been deemed ineligible for contracts with the government.<\/p>\n

The company, which Boissonnault started before he was elected in 2021, was at the centre of a series of scandals that eventually forced the Edmonton MP to quit cabinet.<\/p>\n

This fall, the National Post and Global News revealed that the company described itself as wholly Indigenous-owned to apply for government contracts that were meant for Indigenous businesses.<\/p>\n

Boissonnault said he did not know that claim was made, but he also came under fire over his shifting claims to Indigenous identity.<\/p>\n

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In November, Boissonnault stepped down from cabinet and apologized to a House of Commons committee, telling fellow MPs he is not Indigenous.<\/p>\n

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He had been described as Indigenous multiple times in Liberal party communications, had referred to himself as \u201cnon-status adopted Cree\u201d and had said his great-grandmother was a \u201cfull-blooded Cree woman.\u201d<\/p>\n

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After the reports called his heritage into question, Boissonnault clarified that his adoptive mother and brother are M\u00e9tis and said that he was still learning his family\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

Boissonnault and his former business partner were also questioned during House committee investigations into Global Health Imports.<\/p>\n

Boissonnault has maintained he did not have a role in the company\u2019s operations after he was elected in 2021.<\/p>\n

Questions arose after media reports showed that his former business partner, Stephen Anderson, claimed in text messages to be in contact with someone named Randy about the company\u2019s dealings.<\/p>\n

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