Trudeau Defends Jamaica Trip, Accuses Poilievre of Struggling With ‘Concept of Friendship’
The Conservative leader pressed the PM to explain how much he had paid for accommodation per night at a ‘luxurious villa’
“My father was godfather to one of their kids, their father was godfather to one of my brothers. This is 50 years of friendship,” said Prime Minister Trudeau in explaining his connection to the Green family. PHOTO BY LARS HAGBERG /Reuters
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre of struggling “with the concept of friendship” on Tuesday, as he defended his recent stay at a luxurious Jamaican estate belonging to longtime friends of his father.
During question period, Poilievre pressed Trudeau multiple times to explain how much he had paid for accommodation per night at this “luxurious villa,” but Poilievre was instead told he “struggled with the concept of friendship” as Trudeau explained his connection to the Greens.
“My father was godfather to one of their kids, their father was godfather to one of my brothers. This is 50 years of friendship,” said Trudeau. “But, of course, we worked with the ethics commissioner to make sure all the rules were followed,” he added.
But the commissioner at the time of the vacation, Mario Dion, since retired, commented on Twitter that while such gifts from friends can be “acceptable from a legal ethical point of view,” it does not mean that public opinion will be of the same view and that this in his view is “healthy.”
Trudeau went on to once again accuse Poilievre of “running to his American billionaire tech giant friends” such as Twitter CEO Elon Musk to “attack” CBC News and said “shame on him” for going after Canadian content and Canadian news…Read More!!!
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