Ethics Commissioner Launching 3rd Probe Into Employment Minister Boissonnault’s Business Dealings

Ethics Commissioner Konrad von Finckenstein said he is reviewing the business dealings of Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault for a third time. “This new stuff has come up, which I was not aware of,” von Finckenstein told MPs on the House of Commons public accounts committee on Aug. 8, referring to new text messages that had surfaced showing Boissonnault’s former business partner speaking with someone named “Randy” in regards to a 2022 business deal. In both of the previous probes, Von Finckenstein decided he would not launch a formal investigation into Boissonnault’s business dealings, saying there was no evidence that the minister acted improperly....