PM should repay taxpayers for trip to Aga Khan’s private island: opposition
OTTAWA — Opposition parties are demanding that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau repay taxpayers for all or part of the transportation and security costs for a Christmas vacation to the Aga Khan’s private Bahamian island last year — which left taxpayers on the hook for more than $200,000.
Trudeau owes it to Canadians to foot the bill after Mary Dawson found the prime minister violated four different provisions of the Conflict of Interest Act when he and members of his family accepted the trip last December, Conservative ethics critic Peter Kent said Thursday.
“Perhaps he should consider returning … a significant part, or perhaps all of the $215,000 of taxpayers’ money that was spent in enabling his unacceptable holiday,” Kent said in an interview.
He argued that the move would show Trudeau is sincerely sorry for his ethical lapse in accepting the Aga Khan’s invitation to vacation on his private island.