Canadian Politicians Face Heat for Travelling Amid Lockdown Orders
Two Canadian politicians are facing backlash for ignoring their government’s own health advice by vacationing outside Canada, despite limits on non-essential travel in their home provinces amid the pandemic.
Ontario finance minister Rod Phillips said Dec. 29 he will return home after being criticized for going on vacation to a Caribbean island of St. Barts in mid-December, while Ontarians had to follow public health orders to stay home and limit their travel for only essential purposes.
Phillips and his wife travelled to the Caribbean on Dec. 13 a time when the provincial health officials repeatedly told Ontarians that “staying home is the best way to protect yourself and others. Travel out of province should be limited to only essential purposes” according to the Ontario website.