Canada’s Interim Ethics Commissioner Konrad von Finckenstein says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not break any rules around gifts and travel for elected officials when vacationing at a family friend’s house in Jamaica, as conflict-of-interest rules allow for exceptions for gifts or travel given by friends.
“If someone is a friend, they can offer a gift to a public officer in a personal context and the gift does not need to be disclosed,” the ethics commissioner testified at the House of Commons ethics committee on Jan. 30.
