Conservatives Call for Ethics Probe Into Justin Trudeau’s Free Jamaican Holiday Stay

The federal Conservatives are asking the conflict of interest and ethics commissioner to probe Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s vacation in Jamaica, and how his staff handled the detail that he stayed for free. Conservative MP and ethics critic Michael Barrett sent a letter to Konrad von Finckenstein on Jan. 9 asking whether he knew Mr. Trudeau was staying at a luxury estate owned by a family friend. Mr. Barrett says the vacation is “not the equivalent of staying at a friend’s home” calling it instead a gift with commercial value. The Canadian Press has not independently verified a National Post report that Mr. Trudeau vacationed at a luxury estate where villas rent for thousands of dollars a night during the holiday season....