Morning Update: IT staffing firm invited federal officials to virtual whisky tasting, off-site meetings, records show

Good morning, About one year after the ArriveCan app was launched, the head of private IT staffing company GCStrategies invited key federal officials to an "ArriveCan Whisky Tasting" event and also invited officials for meetings at various breweries and restaurants around Ottawa, according to preliminary government records into an investigation of contracting misconduct allegations. Invitations to the mid-pandemic virtual whisky tasting event were extended to four Canada Border Services Agency officials, including Cameron MacDonald and Antonio Utano, who were suspended without pay this month in connection with the CBSA investigation. Documents show GCStrategies managing partner Kristian Firth sent an e-mail…