This is just unreal - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is under investigation by the Ethics Committee for an expensive Christmas vacation he took on the taxpayer dime. This was to the private island of Muslim Billionaire Aga Khan. From the Canadian Broadcasting Company:
Justin Trudeau's trip to Aga Khan's Bahamas island cost more than $127K
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's controversial family vacation to a private island in the Bahamas owned by the Aga Khan cost Canadian taxpayers more than $127,000, including thousands of dollars in per diems for government employees who also made the trip.
According to documents tabled in the House of Commons, overtime and shift differentials alone for the RCMP officers who accompanied him cost $18,735. The force paid another $53,253 in travel, accommodation and per diem costs.
A bit more:
Trudeau has come under fire in the House of Commons for taking the trip over the Christmas holidays and for his office's initial refusal to disclose where he was vacationing.
More here, here, here, here, here, and here. Quite the little scandal, eh? Trudeau rode into office with the claim of bringing in the most transparent administration ever (now where have we heard that before: here, here, and here to start). Last Wednesday's video of a question and answer session in Canadian Parliament shows what he means by that. The video is 19 minutes long but you can get the basic idea in about four or five minutes:
The Canadian Parliament is bilingual - the woman's voice is the Francophone translator.
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