Time to revisit ethics rules around gifts, Tory MP says after Trudeau Jamaica trip

OTTAWA — Conservative MP Michael Barrett says what he calls the “status quo” is not working when it comes to the rules that govern gifts to public office holders. Barrett, his party’s ethics critic, says Opposition MPs plan to revisit those rules after weeks of raising concerns about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Christmas vacation to Jamaica. The National Post reported that Trudeau and his family spent their holiday at a lavish estate, a report The Canadian Press has not independently verified. Trudeau says he stayed with friends over the holiday, like most Canadians often do, and that his office followed all the necessary rules. The interim federal ethics commissioner says he will not investigate the trip because his office is…