Canada

New text messages unearthed by Conservative MPs on the Commons ethics committee show Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault's former business partner Stephen Anderson citing the name "Randy" in multiple text messages — a year after he claims he stopped working with the minister.

The opposition parties are looking into whether Boissonnault was continuing to do business with his previous company after being sworn into cabinet.

Cabinet ministers are forbidden from managing or operating a business or commercial activity.

Text messages brought forward at Wednesday's ethics committee show nine text messages in which Anderson mentions a "Randy" in correspondence with Malvina Ghaoui, a businesswoman who has since sued Global Health Imports (GHI), the company co-founded by Boissonnault and Anderson.