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OTTAWA – A Liberal MP and the Liberal Party of Canada President were among the group of friends that joined Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his family for a New Year’s holiday at the private island in the Bahamas owned by the billionaire philanthropist and spiritual leader, the Aga Khan, the National Post has learned.

Seamus O’Regan, the first-time MP for St. John’s South—Mount Pearl and former CTV broadcaster, and his husband Stelios (Steve) Doussis as well as party president Anna Gainey and her husband Tom Pitfield spent a week with the Trudeau family on Bell Island as a guest of the Aga Khan, who is the spiritual leader of the world’s 15 million Ismaili Muslims.

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O’Regan said in a telephone interview Tuesday that no Canadian government business was discussed during his time on the island.

Trudeau, for his part, declined Tuesday to confirm O’Regan’s attendance and would not say if any other MPs or other public office holders were with him for his holiday.