Editor’s note: please see my article published on 20 January 2017 for more on Trudeau’s Khanflict of interest adventure. Mundilfury.
Justin Trudeau was haunted by the ghost of Christmas past Wednesday when a federal watchdog ruled that he violated ethics rules with a family trip to the Aga Khan’s private island in Bahamas.
Conflict of Interest Commissioner Mary Dawson said Trudeau broke multiple conflict laws in accepting a family vacation at Bells Cay in December 2016 — a trip organized by his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau.
And in a damning report released Wednesday, she faulted the prime minister and his family for hitching rides to the island on private aircraft organized by the Aga Khan’s staff during two of their visits.
Only seven days ago Trudeau issued a public statement for the Aga Khan’s birthday (he does not usually issue such bday greetings): https://t.co/KSfBxfFsIP #cdnpoli
— Anthony Furey (@anthonyfurey) December 20, 2017
Trudeau knew well the extent of the Aga Khan’s official dealings with the federal government and that should have been a red flag, Dawson wrote.
“Mr. Trudeau failed to arrange his private affairs in a manner that would prevent him from being placed in a conflict of interest. Neither Mr. Trudeau nor his family should have vacationed on the Aga Khan’s private island,” she said.
In a hastily called press conference on Parliament Hill Wednesday, a contrite Trudeau apologized and said he will be clearing all future…