GC Strategies was handpicked by the Liberal government to oversee the failed ArriveCan application. It was revealed on Wednesday that the firm has accumulated $258 million in federal contracts over the course of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s time in office.

Plus, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre blasted a pro-drug advocate’s racist tirade at a protest in Richmond, BC, where residents demonstrated against the opening of a safe injection site.

And there’s been a second shooting targetting the home of a Sikh activist in one week.

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