Dear Diary: 'I am Horrified Randy.... Other Randy, Original Randy, Cree Randy and Métis Randy will all answer for this. They will pay'

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Even in a Trudeau government that has seen no shortage of scandals, the saga of Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault has reached truly cinematic heights.

It all started when texts emerged of a “Randy” texting with business partners at Global Health Imports about the details of a $500,000 federal contract. It’s a strict no-no for Crown ministers to be simultaneously bidding on federal contracts, so Boissonnault explained it as the actions of an “other Randy” — an individual who has to be proved real.

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And then, this month it emerged that Global Health Imports had been calling itself an “Aboriginal owned” company in government bids. The Aboriginal person in question was Boissonnault himself,........

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