Parliament Hill: Aga and Trudeau

parliament hill: The Aga Khan is the hereditary spiritual leader of the world's approximately 15 million Ismaili Muslims and a renowned philanthropist, according to Huffington Post Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with the Aga Khan on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on May 17, 2016. A spokesman for the prime minister, Cameron Ahmad, is confirming a National Post report that the Aga Khan invited the Trudeau family and a few friends to join him on Bell Island. Photo Chris Wattie/Reuters Ahmad notes that the Aga Khan and Trudeau have been close family friends for many years.'' As required for security purposes, Trudeau and his family flew to Nassau on a government Challenger jet; Ahmad says no friends were aboard. The Aga Khan founded one of the world's largest development agencies, the Aga Khan Development Network, dedicated to enhancing progress in under-developed regions of the world. He says Trudeau will reimburse the cost of the airfare for himself and his family to and from Nassau. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.