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The Aga Khan moors a 150-foot super yacht there and uses his private helicopter to get on and off the island.

While Trudeau’s office confirmed the trip to the Aga Khan’s private island, his staff did not provide any other information about his activities on the island or the identity of the friends that accompanied him there.

The visit has raised eyebrows for some of Trudeau’s political opponents.

“This is just mind-numbing,” said MP Lisa Raitt, a Conservative who is vying for her party’s leadership. “There are clear rules on lobbying and ethics. Is the PM so arrogant that he thinks he’s “above” them?”

The Aga Khan Foundation Canada is a registered lobbyist and, as a result, is largely prohibited from providing gifts to public office holders like the prime minister. But, in this case, the hospitality was extended by the Aga Khan himself who is not a registered lobbyist.

On top of that, Trudeau, like all MPs, is governed by the Conflict of Interest Act which generally prohibits MPs from receiving gifts, including the use of property. But that legislation does allow public office holders to accept gifts from relatives or friends.

The Aga Khan was friendly enough with the Trudeau family that he was an honourary pallbearer at Pierre Trudeau’s funeral.

The Office of the Conflict of Interest Commissioner, a the parliamentary watchdog over MPs and prime ministers, did not return calls Friday from the National Post but CTV News reported that the office had “no knowledge” of Trudeau’s visit to the Bahamas.

Kate Purchase, Trudeau’s director of communication, said the prime minister will be reimbursing the federal treasury for the costs of his and and his family’s airfare to and from Nassau, the Bahamian capital. The prime minister and his family — but not his friends — flew on a Royal Canadian Air Force C-144 Challenger on Boxing Day and returned to Ottawa this week.

He remained on holiday this week at Harrington Lake, the prime minister’s official residence in the Gatineau hills north of Ottawa.

With a file from Chris Selley

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