Ford says he wasn’t told about former finance minister’s foreign travel plans

Ontario's then-finance minister Rod Phillips in a video posted to his Twitter account on Dec. 24, 2020. Mr. Phillips faced criticism for vacationing in the Caribbean despite officials urging Canadians to avoid non-essential travel to limit the spread of COVID-19.

“The first time I found out is when I talked to him…. I regret not telling him to come home, which I did shortly thereafter,” Mr. Ford said. Mr. Phillips declined an interview request on Friday. On Thursday, he told the Globe the decision to travel to St. Barts was his own. “It was a serious error in judgment. The blame is mine alone and I have taken responsibility. Over the past several months I’ve been continuing my work serving the people of Ajax,” he said.

were rising, to the Caribbean island of St. Barts last December, two weeks before Mr. Ford and his cabinet announced a provincewide shutdown on Boxing Day.An e-mail from Mr. Phillips’s former chief of staff, Andrew Sidnell, with the subject line “Minister Phillips Away,” was sent on Dec. 4 to Mr. Wallace and Simone Daniels, Mr. Ford’s deputy chief of staff. Mr. Sidnell said his boss “will not be in Toronto and not available in person between the dates of December 12th and January 19th.

Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)

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