Trudeau should proactively release all details he submitted to ethics commissioner prior to Jamaica trip’s approval

The prime minister should make clear that he did play by the rules on his Jamaica junket. Even though the ethics commissioner can’t reveal what he was told about the trip, Trudeau could.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in trouble because of the family vacation he took to Jamaica this Christmas. He and the family stayed for free at a luxury villa owned by a family friend, but opposition MPs want to know more about how the trip was cleared by the ethics commissioner. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

January 22, 2024

HALIFAX—Politics used to be a contest of ideas between parties with different visions of the country. At election time, that produced a winner and a good loser.

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