Justin Trudeau

Conflict of interest screens are preventive compliance measures, agreed upon pursuant to section 29 of the Conflict of Interest Act (Act) by a public office holder and the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, to assist the public office holders in avoiding conflicts of interest. Screens also seek to minimize the possibility of conflicts arising between the public duties of the public office holder and their private interests or those of their relatives and friends.

The Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner and I have agreed that a conflict of interest screen is an appropriate measure to prevent any opportunity while exercising my official powers, duties and functions to further the private interests of my spouse, Ms. Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, Volunteer of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) or by giving preferential treatment to CMHA that may have future dealings with the Government of Canada.

This screen is administered by my Chief of Staff and the Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet to ensure that I am neither made aware of nor a participant in any discussions or decision-making processes pertaining to the private interests of my spouse or matters relating specifically to the CMHA itself, unless the interest is in a decision or matter that is of general application.

My cabinet and my ministerial staff have been informed in writing of this conflict of interest screen.

I have undertaken to inform the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner of any additional matters I am made aware of in the future that should form part of the subject matter of this voluntary conflict of interest screen.

In the event that any relevant matter is not caught by the screen and comes before me, I am required under section 21 of the Conflict of Interest Act to recuse myself from that issue or matter and inform the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner.

In order to prevent a conflict of interest situation from arising and to avoid the perception of preferential treatment to His Highness the Aga Khan or one of his institutions, the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner has determined that a conflict of interest screen is necessary. I must therefore abstain from any matter, discussion or decision, other than my participation in activities that are ceremonial in nature, specifically targeting the interests of the Aga Khan and his institutions.

Accordingly, a conflict of interest screen has been established and will be administered by my Chief of Staff and the Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet to ensure that I will abstain from any participation in any discussion or decision-making process and any communication with government officials in relation to any matter or issue forming part of the subject matter of the conflict of interest screen.

I have undertaken to inform the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner of all matters of which I become aware that relate to or should form part of the subject matter of the conflict of interest screen, in order to prevent a conflict of interest.

In the event that any issue or matter subject to the conflict of interest screen is not caught by that screen and comes before me, I undertake to recuse myself from that issue or matter as required by section 21 of the Conflict of Interest Act and inform the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner.

Members of the Cabinet and members of the ministerial staff in my Office as well as the staff of the Privy Council Office have been notified accordingly.

I am the sole owner of the shares of 7664699 Canada Inc., a private corporation. Prior to becoming a reporting public office holder, I voluntarily placed my shares in a blind trust. In order to comply with the requirements of the Conflict of Interest Act, the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner determined that an agreed compliance measure was required. Consequently, I have undertaken not to provide any advice, instruction or direction, nor participate in any discussion or decision making processes in respect of the management, disposition or investment of any controlled assets, as defined in section 20 of the Conflict of Interest Act, held in 7664699 Canada Inc.

Travel on a non-commercial chartered or private aircraft on June 15, 2024 and on June 16, 2024, round trip from the airport in Zurich, Switzerland to Burgenstock, Switzerland

Source: Government of Switzerland

Circumstances: Travel to and from the Peace Summit site. This travel was required in my capacity as Prime Minister. I was accompanied by the following members of my staff: Katie Telford, Brian Clow, Adam Scotti, Philip Kuligowski Chan, Vanessa Hage-Moussa and Patrick Travers. Akshay Grover was part of the delegation from Burgenstock to the airport in Zurich.

Travel on a non-commercial chartered or private aircraft on June 12, 2024 and on June 15, 2024, round trip from the airport in Grottaglie, Italy to Bari, Italy.

Source: Government of Italy

Circumstances: Travel to and from the G7 Summit site. This travel was required in my capacity as Prime Minister. I was accompanied by the following members of my staff: Katie Telford, Brian Clow, Adam Scotti, Mark Kachuk, Victor Esposito, Ben Chin and Patrick Travers.

Travel on a non-commercial chartered or private aircraft on June 26 and June 28, 2022 round trip from Munich to Schloss Elmau, Krün, Bavarian Alps, Germany.

Source: Government of Germany

Circumstances: Travel to and from the G7 Summit site.
I was accompanied by the following members of my staff: Katie Telford, Philip Proulx, Adam Scotti, Marjorie Michel, Alexandre Gravel, Ben Chin, Patrick Travers, Cameron Ahmad, Benjamin Sparkes, Akshay Grover and Sarah Jackson.

This travel was required in my capacity as Prime Minister and was pre-approved by the Commissioner.

Travel on a non-commercial chartered or private aircraft

Members of my ministerial staff in attendance as well as my spouse:
Patrick Travers
John Zerucelli
Adam Scotti
Tommy Desfossés

Departing flight
From: Rome, Italy
To: Amatrice, Italy

Date: 2017-05-28

Offered by: Government of Italy

Circumstances: Visit the city of Amatrice which suffered a major earthquake in 2016.
This trip was required in my official capacity as Prime Minister as permitted under section 12 of the Conflict of Interest Act.

Travel on a non-commercial chartered or private aircraft

Members of my ministerial staff in attendance as well as my spouse:
Patrick Travers
John Zerucelli
Adam Scotti
Tommy Desfossés
Susan Menchini
Dan Langer

Departing flight
From: Amatrice, Italy
To: Rome, Italy

Date: 2017-05-28

Offered by: Government of Italy

Circumstances: Return from Amatrice visit
This trip was required in my official capacity as Prime Minister as permitted under section 12 of the Conflict of Interest Act.

Travel on a non-commercial chartered or private aircraft

Members of my ministerial staff in attendance:
Katie Telford
Gerald Butts
Kate Purchase
Adam Scotti
Tommy Desfossés
John Zerucelli

Departing flight
From: Taormina, Italy
To: Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily, Italy

Date: 2017-05-28

Offered by: Government of Italy

Circumstances: Travel to airport to fly to Rome for bilateral visit
This trip was required in my official capacity as Prime Minister as permitted under section 12 of the Conflict of Interest Act.

Travel on a non-commercial chartered or private aircraft

Members of my ministerial staff in attendance:
Katie Telford
Gerald Butts
Kate Purchase
Mathieu Bouchard
Patrick Travers
Tommy Desfossés

Departing flight
From: Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily, Italy
To: Taormina, Italy

Date: 2017-05-25

Offered by: Government of Italy

Circumstances: Travel to the G7 summit
This trip was required in my official capacity as Prime Minister as permitted under section 12 of the Conflict of Interest Act.

In the exercise of my official duties as Prime Minister, I recused myself, on April 7, 2022, from participating in any discussion or decision regarding a judicial appointment in order to avoid any appearance of preferential treatment or any opportunity to improperly further the private interest of Céline Legendre.

In order to avoid any opportunity to provide preferential treatment or to improperly further the private interests of Mr. John Gregory Peters, I recused myself on September 24, 2018 from all discussions, decisions, debates or votes relating to the nomination process of the Usher of the Black Rod.

Violation of subsection 25(5) of the Conflict of Interest Act:
Failure to make a public declaration, within 30 days of acceptance, of a gift or other advantage that has a value of $200 or more

This report presents the findings of my examination under the Conflict of Interest Act (Act) of the conduct of the Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, in relation to his participation in two decisions involving WE's private interests. The first related to WE's administration of the Canada Student Service Grant (CSSG), a government program which encouraged youth to participate in national service. The second related to WE's proposed Social Entrepreneurship program, a digital program providing entrepreneurship expertise and mentorship opportunities.

This report presents the findings of my examination under the Conflict of Interest Act (Act) of the conduct of the Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada. I sought to determine whether he used his position to seek to influence a decision of the Attorney General of Canada, the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, relating to a criminal prosecution involving SNC-Lavalin, contrary to section 9 of the Act.

This report presents the findings of my inquiry under the Conflict of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons (Members’ Code) and my examination under the Conflict of Interest Act (Act) of the conduct of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in relation to vacations on Bells Cay, a private island in the Bahamas owned by the Aga Khan.