A senior cabinet minister in Ontario has resigned after vacationing in the Caribbean because residents of Canada’s most populous province are being asked to stay home.
Rod Phillips, who was named Ontario’s finance minister in 2018, told reporters that his trip was a ‘stupid, stupid mistake’ when he returned to Toronto on Thursday after being flogged by Ontario’s premier Doug Ford. when called.
Shortly afterwards, Mr. Ford said he was resigning from Mr. Phillips accepted. From the start of the pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a liberal, urged Canadians to avoid unnecessary travel out of the country – and when he announced a provincial closure that began on December 26, Mr. residents to stay “as far as possible” at home.
Mr. Phillips and his wife went to the French territory of Saint Barthélemy, commonly known as St. Barts. He left behind a series of photos and videos posted on social media during his absence. and several political opponents said the posts were meant to create the illusion that Phillips was celebrating the holidays in Canada. It seems that the images at mr. Phillips was made in suburban Toronto. He is now under a mandatory quarantine of 14 days there.
Mr. Ford initially claimed he knew nothing about his minister’s trip before it was reported by the news media. But at a subsequent news conference, he admitted that he was aware of the absence of Mr.