The former minister had apparently gone to some lengths to cover up the trip, posting photos over the holidays of him with constituents in Ontario, and even taking part in a video conference call from the Caribbean island using a false legislature-themed background.
Sam Oosterhoff, another Conservative Ontario MPP, faced calls to step down in October after he appeared in photos with a large gathering of people not wearing masks. Saskatchewan Highways Minister Joe Hargrave also drew criticism this week for travelling to Palm Springs over the holidays — a trip he said was approved by the premier, and was done strictly to sell his home there and drive his possessions back to Canada.
Phillips’ tropical trip was entirely for leisure. But the former minister took part in a video conference call on Dec. 16, during the period he was away, in which he can be seen wearing a sweater and saying that “one of the reason pandemics can be so dangerous, through history, is because the very things that we do to come together during hard times… can actually become dangerous.
Treasury Board President Peter Bethlenfalvy will assume the role of minister of finance and deliver the government’s 2021 Budget.Phillips returned Thursday morning at Pearson International Airport in Toronto amid a provincial lockdown and a record-high 3,328 new COVID-19 cases and 56 new deaths. Phillips will continue to serve the people of Ajax, Ont., as Member of Provincial Parliament, he said in a statement confirming his resignation.
Hypocritical
did he see Justin?
Morneau is in France - Tait is in New York City - the Trudeau is lounging in a cabana in the Caribbean. LIBERAL PRIVIDGE - LIBERAL ENTITLEMENTS - LIBERAL IMMUNITY
british_north And let’s start this year by finding out whether PM Trudeau travelled over the holidays.
Honestly who gives a fuck? In the next couple hours there will be flight arriving in Toronto from Germany, Pakistan, China and England. Why is nobody concerned about that?
Wake up Canada! You've been played for suckers. Lockdowns don't work & the inept, corrupt politicians know it.
TreyLebrecque Just realizing this national post
I think mr. Ford has a lot to answer to since he knew about Mr. Philips trip and yet he didn’t say anything. What else is he keeping under his belt?
I don't even need to look at this article to know it will basically be an attempt at saving face for the conservatives brand by talking about the times the liberals were bad this year. Nice whataboutism post, you never let me down.
How come he wasn’t taken down by 100’s of police officers
Where is comrade JustinTrudeau. Forget the distractions WESCAM is not over. And where is my infrastructure money? WheresTheMoneyCatherine. Stuff your hoax propaganda. LiberalShill
Yes the government should resign immediately. But let’s not forget the ongoing negligent homicide and the vaccine delivery incompetence by the provincial conservative governments.
Ah the TruthMatters
. Good Ford called his resignation! 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 .
The guy's a fool. End of story?
Where’s Trudeau?
Yeah, on another thing, think about this, pot shops are legal,so there is still major black market going on, the legal selling to legals, the legals selling to minors, did they ever solve that one eh.
Thank you for doing the RIGHT thing!!!now there's more government fficials should do the same
Well I think the federal liberals that are guilty of this need to follow suit as well and resign.. Trudeau, yep thats you too
Still waiting for one Canadian journalist to tell me where Justin Trudeau has been for the past 6 - 7 days? Serious question, yet no one knows.
Thank you. All this proves is what political leaders actually think of the general public. There is not left or right because there is no respect for the people that voted these parasites into the positions they have. Wake up Canada.
I am glad he resigned...and now another one in the news...Tracey Allard in Alberta. This attitude of our political leaders is pretty disgusting. 'Do as I say and not as I do.'
Career over off this loser