Randy Boissonnault is out of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet after months of controversy surrounding his former medical supply business.
In a brief statement Wednesday, Trudeau said Boissonnault “agreed … (to) step away from cabinet effective immediately.”
“Mr. Boissonnault will focus on clearing the allegations made against him,” Trudeau’s office said.
Those allegations, which surfaced in a series of stories by Global News, involve Boissonnault’s former business Global Health Imports (GHI), co-founded with Stephen Anderson in early 2020 after Boissonnault lost his seat in the 2019 election.
GHI has lost at least five lawsuits by default – failing to put up a defence – and has been ordered to pay more than $7.8 million to its suppliers and buyers, according to Alberta court documents. Boissonnault was not named in any of the lawsuits and has distanced himself from the company and Anderson.
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