OTTAWA — The federal government has suspended contracting with the medical supplies firm co-founded by non-Indigenous Liberal MP Randy Boissonnault following revelations that it bid on government contracts while claiming to be “wholly” Indigenous-owned.

In a statement, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) announced that it had temporarily suspended Global Health Imports Corporation (GHI), which was co-founded by Boissonnault and his ex-business partner Stephen Anderson in early 2020, from bidding or receiving federal contracts while it investigated the firm.