Apparently in the past his vacations have been made known and they received little attention. As the Globe points out , as have many others in the media and elsewhere, there was something wrong with this one , and the PMO 's office knew it. This people live and breaths all aspects of politics and there is no question that very part of this trip would have been looked at. however the key point here is they advise, they don't decide for the PM. Ultimately it was Trudeau who made the decision, which tells nothing knew , as we know he has an ego and the arrogance is barely in check. The troubling part is when a PM believes he can do what he wants, because the rules don't apply, then you have to be concerned with what else he thinks he can do , simply because he's Trudeau.