Ontario finance minister Rod Phillips resigns over Caribbean vacation

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The finance minister had visited the Caribbean while his province is under strict Covid lockdown.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has announced the resignation of his finance minister who took a trip to the Caribbean while the province remained under lockdown.Mr Ford on Thursday said Mr Phillips' departure showed his government "takes seriously our obligation to hold ourselves to a higher standard".

Mr Phillips, who is a member of the Progressive Conservative Party, had taken a personal trip to St Barts on 13 December and returned on Thursday morning. "Obviously, I made a significant error in judgment, and I will be accountable for that," Mr Phillips said. "I do not make any excuses for the fact that I travelled when we shouldn't have travelled."

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Behave yourselves eh! Lol. Enough of the lies and fear porn now please.

Another 'one rule for us and another for them' example!

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