Trudeau’s Aga Khan trip controversy ‘self-inflicted’ PR hit: MacKay

The former Conservative cabinet minister, who had his own helicopter controversy, says this is a 'classic misstep on the part of PMO comms.'

Peter MacKay’s advice for Justin Trudeau is 'vacation in Canada' after he got in hot water with the ethic commissioner over his private helicopter trip to a private island owned by Aga Khan, whose self-titled foundation is registered to lobby the federal government. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY RACHEL AIELLO

January 23, 2017

Controversy over the use a private helicopter that has Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in hot water with the ethics commissioner is a "self-inflicted" image hit, say critics such as Peter MacKay, the former Conservative minister who says he’s still scarred by his own ordeal over the use of a Forc...

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