OUT-OF-OFFICE: Prime Minister Trudeau, family on holiday in Costa Rica

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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is heading to Costa Rica for a two-week trip together with his household.

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The Prime Minister’s Workplace says the household is returning to the identical place the place they stayed over the Christmas vacation in 2019 and that they’re paying for their very own lodging.

The prime minister should fly on a Royal Canadian Air Power airplane for safety causes — even for private journey — and the household’s flights on the final journey to and from Costa Rica price the federal government about $57,000, with out 1000’s extra spent on flight crews’ keep in San Jose.

The PMO additionally says it consulted with the workplace of the federal ethics commissioner in regards to the coming vacation.

In 2017, Trudeau was discovered to have violated battle of curiosity guidelines associated to a 2016 trip he took to Aga Khan’s non-public island within the Bahamas.

The PMO says Trudeau will get common briefings whereas he’s away.