Posted on 01/10/2024 7:06:15 PM PST by george76
The military aircraft that brought Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Jamaica for a family vacation had a maintenance issue prior to his planned return to Canada this week, prompting a second plane to be flown to the Caribbean island
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The Conservatives are calling on the interim conflict of interest and ethics commissioner to launch a probe into Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s holiday in Jamaica.
Opposition parties were already criticizing Trudeau earlier this week for spending his holiday at an oceanfront villa in Jamaica at no cost, as first reported by the National Post. Rooms go for about $9,300 per night, according to the resort’s website.
Had Trudeau paid out of pocket, the nine-night stay would be believed to have cost nearly $84,000.
Prospect Estate and Villas located near Ocho Rios is owned by businessman Peter Green. The Green family has known Trudeau for decades, and Trudeau has faced criticisms and questions about stays at the same resort in the past.
In a letter to the interim commissioner Konrad von Finckenstein, Conservative MP Michael Barrett said there were “serious ethical concerns” about the vacation, saying the resort stay was “not the equivalent of staying at a friend’s home, in a guest house on a wealthy friend’s property, or even a personal home which might be rented out periodically.”
But earlier this week, the PMO clarified that Trudeau and his family stayed “at no cost at a location owned by family friends,” after it originally told The Canadian Press the family was paying.
In his letter, Barrett raises concerns that as the resort would be “forgoing substantial revenue” by allowing a free of charge stay, the holiday was “a gift – and a very substantial gift at that.”
He goes on to note that the Conflict of Interest Act makes it clear that no public office holder or family member “shall accept any gift or other advantage … that might reasonably be seen to have been given to influence the public office holder in the exercise of an official power, duty or function.”
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This is not the first time Trudeau faced criticism for his trips, including to the same resort.
The Green family also donated to the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation in 2021. Last year, the charity came under scrutiny following revelations that a businessman with ties to Beijing donated $200,000 to the foundation.
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Trudeau’s last Caribbean getaway cost taxpayers around $162,000, with most of it going to security and personnel costs for the RCMP and Royal Canadian Air Force.
So?
No one in Toronto cares, and no one outside of Quebec matters to Trudeau.
Pay your extra taxes before we send a Mountie to trample you.
Of course Trudeau had to stay with this guy. Epstein’s Island is closed.
And those A holes would.
You mookabookers in canada elected this horse crap
Meanwhile...
Jamaica and China agree strengthening bilateral ties
Coinkydink...?
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