Politics Briefing: Prime Minister’s free vacation acceptable as it was gifted by ‘a true friend,’ ethics watchdog says

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Hello, The federal ethics watchdog says his office verified that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had a legitimate friendship with the person who gifted him a Jamaican vacation, making the free resort stay acceptable. Interim Ethics Commissioner Konrad von Finckenstein testified today at the House of Commons ethics committee after it invited him to explain the rules governing travel, vacations and gifts in the wake of the Prime Minister’s controversial vacation. “This was a true friend who has no relations to the Government of Canada,” von Finckenstein told the committee. The National Post reported that Mr. Trudeau and his family vacationed...