Wayne - this shouldn't be about partisanship. Should the conflict of interest guidelines be scrapped if they are not going  be followed? The rules were clearly broken in this instance. Did the current PM pledge to have an open and transparent government? Yes - but he was not open or transparent about this holiday -whatever the reason for that he has broken one of his pledges to the Canadian people. I think we have to look further than whatever party is in power and apply logic and common sense to our argument here. This is not going to bring down the government. However, sanctions/penalties need to be applied and an apology to taxpayers is warranted.