Informal Request for ATI Records Previously Released

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada

Year: 2024

Month: December

Request Number: A-2024-02487

Request Summary: Provide all documents, memoranda, e-mails, correspondence, briefing notes, text messages, messages on Microsoft Teams any other messaging platform, any other records, including drafts, from April 1, 2024, to the present (November 14, 2024) respecting allegations concerning the ethics of the Honourable Randy Boissonnault in relation to his associations with Kristin Poon, Stephen Anderson, Global Health Imports, Xennex Venture Catalysts and Navis Group, including, but not limited to, (1) the scheduling and appearances of witnesses, including Mr. Boissonnault, before parliamentary committees, including preparations for, and debriefings concerning, those appearances, including responses to undertakings provided. (2) Michael Barrett’s notice of motion provided to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics on April 30, 2024, concerning a study. (3) Mr. Barrett’s letter to the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner on May 1, 2024. (4) the motion proposed at the House’s Standing Committee on Official Languages on May 6,2024. (5) the motion considered, amended, and adopted by the Ethics Committee on May 7, 2024, concerning a study. (6) the motion considered by the Ethics Committee on June 4, 2024, concerning additional witnesses. (7) the motion considered by the Ethics Committee on June 6, 2024, amended on June 10, 2024, and further amended adopted on June 11, 2024, concerning additional witnesses and the production of documents. (8) the motion considered, amended, and adopted by the Ethics Committee on June 18, 2024, concerning the appearances of witnesses. (9) the Ethics Commissioner’s letter to Mr. Boissonnault on June 25, 2024. (10) the motion adopted by the Ethics Committee on July 17, 2024, concerning the production of documents and a report to the House in relation to a potential contempt by Mr. Anderson. (11) the motion adopted by the Ethics Committee on July 17, 2024, concerning a further appearance by Mr. Boissonneault; (12) the motion adopted by the Ethics Committee on July 17, 2024, concerning the publication of documents received from Mr. Boissonneault; (13) the 12th Report of the Ethics Committee, tabled in the House on September 17, 2024. (14) the question of privilege raised in the House by Mr. Barrett on September 17, 2024. (15) the motion considered by the Ethics Committee on September 17, 2024, concerning an expansion of the study. (16) the motion considered by the Ethics Committee on September 19, 2024, concerning an expansion of the study. (17) the Speaker’s ruling on the question of privilege on October 1, 2024, finding a prima facie case of privilege. (18) the debate in the House on Mr. Barrett’s privilege motion proposing to find Mr. Anderson in contempt and to order his appearance before the Bar of the House; and (17) the motion considered and adopted by the Ethics Committee on November 7, 2024, concerning the invitation of Mr. Boissonnault and other witnesses. Exclude (1) memoranda to Cabinet and aides-memoire for Cabinet consideration (2) Treasury Board submissions, (3) speaking notes or decks for presentations to Cabinet or its committees, (4) copies of draft legislative texts (5) briefing notes and covering memoranda concerning records in exclusions (1) to (4), (6) duplicate copies of e-mails (i.e., exclude earlier messages in a thread of e-mails if a later message contains the earlier message(s)), (7) publicly available versions of government documents (i.e., do not exclude drafts of those documents), (8) the French version of documents which are equally available in each official language, (9) off topic information in otherwise responsive documents (e.g., news stories on other issues in a media summary), (10) unannotated transcripts of parliamentary debates and committee meetings, (11) e-mails sent to, received by, and never shared beyond, employees below the EX-minus-02 e.g.AS-06, PM-05, IS-05, EC-06

Disposition: Disclosed in part

Number of pages: 77

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