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Finance Minister Rod Phillips (@RodPhillips01/Twitter) Ontario’s finance minister left Canada for a personal trip after posting a message online about making “sacrifices” for the holiday. Health officials in Ontario have been emphasizing the importance for individuals to not take non-essential trips as the case count continues to climb in the province and in the country. Finance Minister Rod Phillips said the trip was planned sometime ago before he left in early December. “Immediately following the end of the Legislative Session, which occurred on December 8th, my wife and I departed ...

Ontario finance minister says he's returning home as news of Caribbean vacation sparks anger Desmond Brown © Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press Ontario Finance Minister Rod Phillips, left, has been vacationing out of the country with his wife since mid-December, his office said Tuesday. In a statement, he said if he'd been aware the province would shut down on Dec. 26, 'we would have cancelled the trip.' Ontario Finance Minister Rod Phillips says he'll return home after news that he travelled to a Caribbean island for a personal vacation amid the COVID-19 pandemic sparked public...