Former employment minister Randy Boissonnault’s resignation has ignited a political firestorm amid allegations his former company claimed Indigenous status to secure federal contracts, sparking outrage from Indigenous advocates and opposition MPs. The debacle further damages the Liberals’ credibility at a time when they already face bleak public opinion polls, say observers.
“If I were he, and the polling were already so bad for my party, I probably would have left much sooner in an effort to not damage the party,” former Conservative staffer Yaroslav Baran told The Hill Times.
