Trudeau calls Aga Khan a friend, welcomes ethics commissioner’s questions
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s looking forward to answering questions from the federal ethics commissioner about his Christmas vacation to a Caribbean island owned by the Aga Khan.
The prime minister and his family spent the holiday at the wealthy religious leader’s private retreat on Bell Island in the Bahamas.
Conservative leadership candidate and Opposition MP Andrew Scheer has asked ethics commissioner Mary Dawson to look into the trip.
Scheer says he wants to know if Dawson thinks it appropriate for the prime minister to accept the hospitality of someone whose foundation receives funds from the Canadian government.