OTTAWA — Two former business associates of Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault will be on the hot seat Wednesday, after weeks of fruitless attempts from opposition MPs to find out the true identity of “the other Randy.”

Stephen Anderson, who co-founded Global Health Imports with Boissonnault at the start of the pandemic in 2020, and Kirsten Poon, a lobbyist with business ties to the minister, will be appearing before the House of Commons ethics committee for an hour. At issue is whether Boissonnault remained an active participant in the medical supply business he co-owned after he was appointed to cabinet, which would have violated ethics rules.