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The Ethics Commissioner confirms he DID NOT directly speak with the Prime Ministers Office on his $84k trip to Jamaica and was outsourced to subordinates.
This isn’t about Justin Trudeau taking a vacation, everyone is entitled to one of those. It’s not even about how luxurious his trip was; it’s about whether Trudeau followed the rules.
The vacation wouldn’t even be a story if Trudeau’s office hadn’t put out more than one conflicting statement on the matter.
In December, before Trudeau and his family left on the trip, the Prime Minister’s Office put out a statement saying that Trudeau would be paying for his own accommodations on the trip. In January, just before his return, his office put out another statement saying that Trudeau had stayed “at no cost at a location owned by family friends.”
Except, the ethics commissioner’s office said in a statement last week that they don’t “pre-clear” vacations.
“To clarify, the office does not approve or ‘clear’ regulatees’ vacations. The office has a role only in ensuring that the gift provisions of the act and code are observed,” spokesperson Jocelyne Brisebois said when asked for clarification on Trudeau’s trip.
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