TD Bank is moving to seize the Quebec home of a Russian-Canadian convicted in New York for conspiring to secretly ship more than $10 million in restricted electronics to the Kremlin for use in weapons systems in its Ukraine war, Global News has learned. Toronto-based TD has filed a 60-day notice of its intention to … Read more
The Canadian government awarded billions of dollars in contracts earmarked for Indigenous enterprises without always requiring bidders to prove that they were First Nations, Métis, or Inuit, a Global News investigation has found. A program that now helps Indigenous businesses land more than $1.6 billion in contract awards annually, the Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business … Read more
Global News’ collaborative investigation into billions of dollars in federal contracts awarded to Indigenous-owned enterprises began in late 2022, when a journalist noticed that some suppliers of personal protective equipment did not disclose a connection to a First Nation, Métis or Inuit community on their websites. Vast sums of public funds are in play. As … Read more
Whoever takes over the top job at CSIS this fall will face deep fissures inside Canada’s intelligence agency that are hampering efforts to probe and disrupt Chinese foreign interference. Little-noticed items in two recent reports by federal national security oversight agencies pointed to the overriding problem and challenge: intelligence officers in a regional office are … Read more
The RCMP has questioned a veteran Liberal political operative who handled the finances associated with Han Dong’s 2019 campaign for the federal Liberal Party nomination in Toronto’s Don Valley North riding. In November 2023, the RCMP met and questioned David Pretlove, an Ontario Liberal aide who was Dong’s financial officer for the 2019 nomination contest, … Read more
Minister Randy Boissonnault’s former business partner, Stephen Anderson of Global Health Imports, testifying to the parliamentary ethics committee on July 17, 2024. House of Commons A former business partner of Liberal cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault failed to comply with a House of Commons order to turn over records of his phone calls and texts by … Read more
Liberal Cabinet Minister Randy Boissonnault’s former partner in a medical supply company has ties to an Edmonton woman who was detained in a massive cocaine bust in the Dominican Republic in April 2022. Federal incorporation documents show Stephen Anderson, chief operating officer of Global Health Imports (GHI), created a numbered company with Francheska Leblond in … Read more
The parliamentary ethics committee will examine Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault’s business affairs on Tuesday, June 4, at 11 a.m. ET. The Edmonton Centre MP and entrepreneur won the 2021 election by a thin margin and is the sole federal cabinet minister representing Alberta. Committee members will ask him about his business ties to a lobbying … Read more
The parliamentary ethics commissioner has reversed course and said he will examine the business dealings of federal cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault. The surprise decision landed Tuesday during a parliamentary ethics committee hearing when Commissioner Konrad W. von Finckenstein committed to examining Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault’s alleged business ties to a lobbying firm and a medical … Read more
Text messages obtained by Global News raise questions about whether Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault engaged with his former business partner on deals a year after he joined the federal cabinet, but Boissonnault denies that he’s the “Randy” referenced in the exchange. The text exchange, which occurred in September 2022, was between Stephen Anderson, who co-founded … Read more
