Trudeau vacationing in B.C. after Liberal MPs told scheduling summer caucus meeting “impossible”

By Quinn Patrick, True North Wire

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is on a family vacation in British Columbia. The trip comes as Liberal MPs have been demanding an in-person caucus meeting to discuss their party’s poor poll numbers and the loss of a key seat in a Toronto byelection last month.

Trudeau and his family left for B.C. on the weekend. The Prime Minister’s Office said the location of their holiday cannot be shared for security reasons, but flight trackers showed the government aircraft used to transport Trudeau taking off from Ottawa and landing in Tofino, a British Columbia beach destination, on Sunday.

A spokesperson for Trudeau’s office confirmed he will be reimbursing the government for the equivalent of commercial airline tickets for he and his family, as is standard procedure.

The Prime Minister’s Office also said Trudeau will be paying for the family’s accommodations while there out of pocket and has already consulted with the Ethics Commissioner’s office about the trip’s details.

Trudeau violated the conflict of interest rules in 2016 after accepting a vacation to Aga Khan’s private island in the Bahamas.