Another Case of Liberal Corruption

Don't act so shocked:

Ethics Commissioner Konrad von Finckenstein is taking another look at concerns Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault stayed in touch with his former company after being appointed to cabinet.

Parliament’s ethics committee has been studying whether Boissonnault was an active participant in the medical supply business he co-owned after he was appointed to cabinet, which would have violated ethics rules.

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The issue first came to light through a Global News story centered on text messages between Stephen Anderson, who co-founded Global Health Imports (GHI) with Boissonnault, and another business.

The text message, sent on September 8, 2022, more than a year after Boissonnault referenced a Randy who was upset that a deposit had not been paid.

Von Finckenstein obtained calls logs from Boissonnault after the issue first came to light and said he was satisfied then that Boissonnault was not involved.

“We looked at all of that, and there was absolutely no way that it was contact between him and Mr. Anderson.”

Anderson testified before MPs last month and more text messages mentioning Randy came out, which Anderson said were all the result of autocorrect errors.

Von Finckenstein said it is those additional messages he wants to probe.