It turns out the Christmas jaunt was not the first time Justin had availed himself of the Aga Khan’s generosity. His family had vacationed on the same island six months earlier.

It gets better: Just two days before Justin’s family’s first trip to the island, a representative of the Aga Khan requested an official meeting with the prime minister to discuss, among other items, the $15 million grant from the federal government mentioned earlier. The meeting was approved and went ahead a few weeks later.

At this point, if alarm bells aren’t ringing, you aren’t paying attention.

Anyone with an ethical compass could have seen the conflict. And yet, there he was, our glorious prime minister, happily accepting a luxury holiday, free of charge, at an exclusive private island owned by a billionaire whose foundation was lobbying the very government Justin represents. The fact that Justin saw nothing wrong with this is remarkable, amazing, unbelievable even.

Justin would later brush aside what he called these “supposed ethical issues” raised by the Opposition as nothing more than a “personal attack.” But just two days after blustering that “we don’t see an issue” with the trip, Justin was found guilty of having breached the Conflict of Interest Act on four separate charges, becoming the first prime minister to have done so.

Life comes at you fast.