OTTAWA — The federal Conservatives want the RCMP to look into whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau broke the law by accepting family vacations on the Aga Khan's private Caribbean island. Kent's 26-page letter notes that members of Trudeau's family visited the private retreat of the Aga Khan, a billionaire philanthropist, on three occasions from 2014 to 2017. Dawson's report said the federal government had supported projects of the Aga Khan Foundation Canada by contributing nearly $330 million to initiatives in various countries. "I've always considered the Aga Khan a close family friend, which is why I didn't clear this family trip in the first place, but given the commissioner's report, I will be taking all precautions in the future." In September 2017, then-lobbying commissioner Karen Shepherd said there was no basis to a complaint that the Aga Khan violated the code for lobbyists by allowing Trudeau and his family to stay on the island.

Source: Huffington Post May 02, 2019 20:26 UTC