By Chad Ingram Just before New Year’s Eve, Ontarians discovered that Finance Minister Rod Philips had balked public health recommendations surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and taken a Christmastime trip to the Caribbean. While Phillips’ attempts to create the impression he was still in Ontario with a series of deceitful videos and photos, including an incredibly stupid picture of him holding a stack of pancakes in his driveway, may make his scandal one of the more colourful, we have since learned that Phillips was just one of many politicians and other public figures to make international trips during the holidays.