Trudeau charges taxpayers $127,000 for holiday

[Barney Google]

You expect him and SGT to travel like common folk? lol

[What_the]

Next time you guys order people to their deaths, you let us know.

[Gone_Fishin]

Oh, Justin. Why do you do this stuff?

[Rwede]

Isn't it a criminal offence for Trudeau to lie while under investigation for accepting bribes?

[Barney Google]

^^^

I believe that is the case for average mortal souls.

For Charming Crown Princes?...meh, apparently not so much

[Barney Google]

JT on the hot seat...

Debate Post:

http://debatepost.com/2017/04/12/trudea ... -in-a-lie/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... _ydFuNZXI8

Did JT lie or what....?

[Gone_Fishin]

Trudeau’s story: It was just a “family vacation.”

Reality: Trudeau’s “family vacation” included MPs and their spouses, the Liberal Party President, the President of Canada 2020, and staff members. Their destination? The private island of a billionaire, whose foundation receives millions of dollars in taxpayer funding. A billionaire who also received tax dollars just for hosting the Trudeau entourage.


Trudeau’s story: Taxpayers aren’t on the hook for costs.

Reality: The known costs to taxpayers so far have reached $133,000. Up from the $127,000 previously stated.


Trudeau’s story: He just had to fly aboard a billionaire’s private helicopter to get to the billionaire’s private island because, in his own words, “travel to and from the island only happens through private means.”

Reality: Trudeau lied. How do we know? Because the Liberals revealed thousands more taxpayer dollars were spent flying a PCO “technician” (whatever that is) and some equipment to the island - on a commercially chartered seaplane!


Justin Trudeau knew taking this vacation was bad optics.

He knew he was breaking the rules by accepting the private helicopter joy-ride.

That’s why he has tried so hard to keep things under wraps.

And it’s also why he is under investigation by the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner!

The old Liberal entitlement is back in Ottawa. Hiking up your taxes and heaping debt on future generations, all while Liberals live like rockstars on your dime.

[Rwede]

Is it stupidity, arrogance, or both that causes Trudeau to do these things?

[Gone_Fishin]

The corruption just keeps getting deeper and deeper for Trudeau. When even the CBC is investigating the tax cheats associated with Trudeau's supposed "holiday," you know he wasn't there just to play on the beach. Perhaps he's setting up secret bank accounts and/or shell companies now that all that Chinese billionaire money is flowing into the Trudeau Foundation?

It's rotten to the core, people. Read on.



CBC INVESTIGATES

Aga Khan island that hosted Trudeau owned by company with offshore ties, records show

Bahamas hideaway linked to web of companies in countries that impose strict financial secrecy

By Elizabeth Thompson, CBC News Posted: May 16, 2017 5:00 AM ET Last Updated: May 16, 2017 5:23 AM ET


The Bahamas island where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took a vacation that is now the subject of an ethics investigation is owned by a company connected to a secretive web of corporations located in countries known to be offshore tax havens.

Bell Island, a private property nestled in the turquoise waters of the Exumas, has been widely known as the tropical retreat of the Aga Khan, a longtime Trudeau family friend.

Pictures and video of Bell Island obtained by CBC News show an idyllic location. An elegant, modern cream-coloured main house. A landscaped terrace surrounded by tropical flowers overlooking the water. Waterfront gazebos with thatched roofs and wooden pathways leading to ocean lookouts.

However, a CBC News investigation into Bell Island and the helicopter that carried Trudeau to the tropical retreat over the Christmas holidays has found a trail that includes several different companies and four countries known for their favourable tax rules and their ability to keep secrets.

The legal ownership of Bell Island involves several shell companies and nominee directors with links to Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse. The reasons for the complex corporate structure are unclear, and officials connected to the Aga Khan have refused to comment.

"Our policy is not to comment on any matters pertaining to His Highness' private affairs," said Semin Abdulla, communications manager for the Aga Khan Development Network.

Setting up offshore companies is legal and there can be legitimate reasons for using networks of offshore companies with nominee directors.

However, experts say it is also the kind of structure often used by those who are trying to hide assets or avoid or evade taxes. While tax avoidance can be legal, evading taxes is not.

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A title search of Bell Island conducted for CBC News reveals it is legally owned by Island of Discovery Ltd., a Bahamas-registered company set up only two months before the island was purchased from Exuma Bell Island Ltd. in March 2009 for $100 million US.

Island of Discovery Ltd. is in turn connected to at least two companies mentioned in the Panama Papers, a cache of 11.5 million documents leaked from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca and obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).

Full, complex story of corrupt ties: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/bell-is ... -1.4115531

[techrtr]

He's a pampered trust fund baby. To him $127,000 is pocket change. He's never had to work for a living. What do you expect?

[Barney Google]

When one steps in excrament one cannot walk away unscathed.

I bet this whole Bell Island deal is going to churn up a lot of very interesting information.

And yes, Justin really is turning out to be arrograntly stupid and stupidly arrogant.

Well, JT you've been hit with the poop stick, again... let's see how many times you DONT answer questions

during the next question period...lol