Trudeau fined $100 for not disclosing gift of sunglasses from PEI premier

By: Teresa Wright, Ottawa
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau removes his sunglasses as he arrives in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on Thursday November 9, 2017. Trudeau was forced to pay a $100 fine for violating conflict of interest rules by not disclosing a gift given to him last year by P.E.I. Premier Wade MacLauchlan
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was forced to pay a $100 fine for violating conflict of interest rules by not disclosing a gift given to him last year by
P.E.I. Premier Wade MacLauchlan.
The gift was two pairs of leather-covered aviator sunglasses presented to Trudeau during a visit to Prince Edward Island in June 2017.
Each pair, made by Fellow Earthlings sunglasses company in Guernsey Cove, P.E.I., was worth $300.
Federal conflict of interest rules dictate all gifts valued over $200 must be publicly declared within 30 days of acceptance.
Trudeau’s press secretary says an administrative error was to blame for not filling out the proper forms and declaring the gift within 30 days.
Source:The Canadian Press