The federal government has suspended contracting with Global Health Imports (GHI), a medical supply company co-founded by Liberal MP and former Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault.
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) announced on Nov. 26 that the company had been temporarily suspended from participating in federal procurement as of Nov. 22. PSCP said GHI has one active contract awarded by Elections Canada, but no deliverables had been received or payments made before it issued a full stop-work order.
GHI, a medical supply company, was co-founded by Boissonnault and his ex-business partner Stephen Anderson in early 2020 at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Boissonnault had lost his Edmonton Centre seat in 2019, but after regaining it in 2021, he resigned from GHI, as is legally required of public office holders. He remained a 50 percent owner of the company until June, when he surrendered his shares….