PMO Denies Misleading Ethics Commissioner as Conservatives Call for Probe

The Prime Minister’s Office is denying allegations it misled the ethics commissioner, after the federal Conservatives called for an investigation into Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s vacation in Jamaica. The Conservatives want the conflict of interest and ethics commissioner to look into how PMO staff handled the detail that Mr. Trudeau stayed for free. Press secretary Mohammad Hussain said in a statement on Jan. 10 evening that “as per standard practice, the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner was consulted prior to the travel to ensure that the rules were followed.” “Any allegation that we would mislead the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner is categorically false.”...