New text messages unearthed by Conservative MPs on the Commons ethics committee show Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault’s former business partner Stephen Anderson citing the name “Randy” in multiple text messages — a year after he claims he stopped working with the minister.

The opposition parties are looking into whether Boissonnault was continuing to do business with his previous company after being sworn into cabinet.

Cabinet ministers are forbidden from managing or operating a business or commercial activity.

Text messages brought forward at Wednesday’s ethics committee show nine text messages in which Anderson mentions a “Randy” in correspondence with Malvina Ghaoui, a businesswoman who has since sued Global Health Imports (GHI), the company co-founded by Boissonnault and Anderson.

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    New text messages unearthed by Conservative MPs on the Commons ethics committee show Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault’s former business partner Stephen Anderson citing the name “Randy” in multiple text messages — a year after he claims he stopped working with the minister.

    Anderson told Global News that there was a second Randy who was the head of GHI’s logistics — a claim he admitted was a lie during Wednesday’s committee hearing.

    Speaking to reporters after the committee hearing, Green said Anderson is “a person who has had trouble telling the truth in the past.”

    He said Anderson’s claim that all references to “Randy” were caused by autocorrect “just doesn’t make sense for anybody who has even a passing knowledge of technology.”

    Recently, Canada’s ethics commissioner said he would not be pursuing an investigation into whether Boissonnault’s business dealings contravened the Conflict of Interest Act, following a review of the minister’s phone and text records.

    “I no longer have concerns that you may have contravened your obligations under the Act and will take no further action at this time,” says the June 25 letter from Ethics Commissioner Konrad von Finckenstein to Boissonnault.

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