Aga Khan

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his family went to the Aga Khan's private island at Christmas, 2016, even though the Ismaili Muslim leader had millions of ...

“If a junior buying officer accepted a free vacation from someone selling pencils to government, he’d be charged. Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre also jumped on the controversy. Mr. Trudeau and his family went to the Aga Khan’s private island at Christmas, 2016, even though the Ismaili Muslim leader had millions of dollars in dealings with the federal government. Mr. Bezan and fellow Conservative Luc Berthold pressed the government to say whether the Prime Minister had “granted himself the power to break the law.” Because Mr. Trudeau is the head of government, the RCMP said, “it cannot be definitely determined whether or not Mr. Trudeau can simply provide consent to himself.” “The only reason the RCMP didn’t charge him was because he is the Prime Minister,” Conservative ethics critic James Bezan told the House of Commons on Monday. “So there is one law for the Prime Minister and another law for all the rest of us.”