Patti Sonntag
Investigative Journalist
Patti Sonntag is an investigative journalist for Global News. She led several national collaborative investigations in her previous position as founder and director of the Institute for Investigative Journalism. These include “Tainted Water” (“Le plomb dans l’eau potable au Québec”), “The Price of Oil,” “Clean Water, Broken Promises” (“La promesse de l’eau”), and others that won more than two dozen honors and changed laws and policies locally and from coast to coast.
She returned to Canada in 2018, after serving as managing editor in The New York Times’ News Services division for 10 years. In that position, she directed work on more than 60 news feeds for 1,100 media companies worldwide and on opinion and analysis sections for the international edition. She lives in Montreal, Que., and Fernie, B.C.
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MP alleges Boissonnault’s former business partner ‘in contempt’ of parliamentary orderA former business partner of Liberal cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault failed to comply with a House of Commons order to turn over records of his phone calls and texts by Friday. Stephen Anderson, who once co-owned the medical supply business Global Health Imports (GHI) with Boissonnault, provided some emails to the parliamentary ethics committee’s clerk....PoliticsJul 19
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Ethics commissioner to look into Minister Boissonnault’s business dealingsThe parliamentary ethics commissioner has reversed course and said he will examine the business dealings of federal cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault.PoliticsJun 4
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A reader’s guide to the Boissonnault inquiryMinister Randy Boissonnault and his business associates face questions from the Parliamentary Ethics Committee about payments, contracts and grantsPoliticsJun 4
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Minister Boissonnault to testify before ethics committee over ties to lobbyist, PPE companyMembers of the parliamentary ethics committee agree to call federal cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault to testify over his ties to a lobbyist and medical supply company.PoliticsMay 8
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Tories grill Liberals in question period about minister’s ties to lobbyist, PPE companyConservative MP Michael Barrett questioned the Liberal government on Randy Boissonnault’s connections to a lobbying firm and a medical supplies company, revealed by Global News.PoliticsMay 2
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Federal cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault linked to PPE company embroiled in lawsuitsGlobal Health Imports Corporation, a company that Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault co-founded in 2020, faces $7.8 million in court-ordered debts.InvestigationsMay 1
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Federal minister’s ties to lobbyist raise ethical concernsThe lobbyist met with high-ranking ministry staffers across federal departments, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland.InvestigationsApr 30
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Ontario First Nation declares state of emergency amid skyrocketing benzene levelsAamjiwnaang First Nation, in southwestern Ontario., has declared a state of emergency after a significant spike in the cancer-causing substance benzeneEnvironmentApr 25
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Chemical plant shuts down after high benzene levels detected near Ontario First NationDays after high levels of the cancer-causing chemical benzene were detected on the northern border of Aamjiwnaang First Nation, a chemical plant in Sarnia is shutting down.EnvironmentApr 20
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High benzene levels detected near Ontario First Nation for weeks, residents report sicknessDozens of people have reportedly became sick after high levels of the cancer-causing chemical benzene were detected in the air of a small First Nation in southwestern Ontario.EnvironmentApr 19
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Ontario First Nation calls for chemical plant to be shut down amid ‘dangerously high’ benzene levelsAamjiwnaang First Nation called on the federal and provincial governments to shut down INEOS Styrolution, a chemical manufacturer.EnvironmentApr 17
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Billion-dollar rapid-test contracts favoured Chinese imports over cheaper Canadian-made devicesTwo COVID-19 importers participating in an initiative to help grow small Canadian businesses charged more to sell rapid tests to the federal government than Canadian manufacturers.InvestigationsFeb 29
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COVID PPE makers sue Ottawa for $5B, say feds broke promiseThe federal government will have an opportunity to file a defence to the unproven allegations as the court case proceeds.CanadaFeb 14
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Health Canada ignored warning signs before Ottawa spent billions on BTNX rapid testsHealth Canada ignored critical warnings about a rapid-test supplier before approving its COVID-19 kits for distribution nationwide, Global News has found.CanadaJan 11
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Rapid test supplier BTNX says Canadians can rely on its device’s accuracyBTNX responded to a report by Global News after an investigation into federal procurement revealed the company had deleted samples from a study it submitted to Health Canada.CanadaDec 23, 2023
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What to know about COVID testing amid BTNX rapid test controversyWith holiday gatherings around the corner, Canadians may have questions about how to properly test for the virus at home. Here's what you need to know.HealthDec 22, 2023
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COVID test supplier received billions in pandemic contracts after submitting edited resultsThe familiar lime-green kits were not always reliable in detecting COVID-19, experts say, putting Canadians at risk.CanadaDec 21, 2023