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House Hansard - 325

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 5, 2024 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 325 - Jun/5/24
Mr. Dane Lloyd (Sturgeon River—Parkland, CPC)
  • Jun/5/24 2:19:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Ethics Commissioner confirmed he would reopen his investigation into the business dealings of the Liberal Minister of Employment. The minister is the owner of a numbered company that holds a 50% share in Global Health Imports, where he served as a partner before his election in 2021. This company is involved in numerous criminal offences, including fraud. Global News reported text messages from the minister's former business partner, Stephen Anderson, that show a mysterious “Randy” directing business operations in September 2022, a time when the Minister of Employment with the same name was prohibited from taking any role with the company. The minister has claimed that he has no knowledge of the identity of this other Randy. However, a whistle-blower has revealed that the Randy in question was a partner, a public official and, in fact, the Minister of Employment. The minister's business associates could easily put this scandal to rest by telling us the identity of this mysterious other Randy. However, they refuse to reveal his true identity. Why will the minister not tell us who this other Randy is, what his last name is and whether he is in the room at this very moment?
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Context: House Hansard - 325 - Jun/5/24
Mr. Michael Barrett (Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, CPC)
  • Jun/5/24 3:00:32 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the NDP-Liberal minister from Edmonton wants Canadians to think that he is not breaking the law, but he was cashing cheques from a company that was lobbying his government and a company that he owns 50% of was winning government contracts using his name as the minister. He is not allowed to do either. In a Global News report this week, text messages reveal someone named Randy at his company was part of a $500,000 fraud. The minister said it was not him, that it was the other Randy. Of course, it was. Who is the other Randy and what is his last name?
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