OTTAWA — Calls for Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault to step aside began to mount on Tuesday, including from former Liberal cabinet minister Jody-Wilson Raybould.&nbsp;

Boissonnault joined Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet following the 2021 election, when he won his seat back in Edmonton Centre after losing it following the 2019 general vote.

The Edmonton MP has spent most of the year under scrutiny for a business he started just weeks after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, which he co-owned with former business partner Stephen Anderson to deliver personal protective equipment.

Criticism began to mount after it was revealed that Boissonnault has made shifting statements about his connections to Indigenous ancestry.{ai:summary}Calls for Canadian Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault to resign are increasing, notably from former Liberal cabinet minister Jody-Wilson Raybould. Boissonnault has faced scrutiny over a PPE business he co-owned that was established shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020.The Edmonton MP returned to Trudeau's cabinet after winning his seat in the 2021 election, having previously lost it in 2019. #politics

Calls mount for Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault to resign

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