“假装在家里”的加拿大安省财务部长已辞职

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安大略省财政部长罗德·菲利普斯（Rod Phillips）从颇受争议的圣诞节南方度假回国后，在皮尔逊机场回答了媒体的提问。

刚看新闻，安省省长宣布，安省财务部长罗德·菲利普斯已经辞职。

新闻回顾：

12月13日，菲利普斯于前往圣巴特度假。当时安省政府的倡议是，不要做非必要的出国旅行。并且，多伦多处于“封城”状态。

12月24日，他的办公室在他外出时发布了许多推文和Instagram帖子，包括一个他坐在姜饼屋和一杯蛋酒旁边，感谢在挤满病患的医院工作的医护人员， 并称，“我们都为此圣诞节做出了牺牲。”

虽然看上去在安省，菲利普的行踪还是被媒体发现。媒体曝光之后，引起很多争议。安省新民主党领袖说他应该辞职。多伦多市长说，他要支持他的朋友，说菲利普可以在他岗位上做很多贡献。

12月29日，即周二，傍晚，菲利普斯为在卫生官员恳求安大略省人非必要不要出门的情况下，离开加拿大进行个人旅行而道歉。

12月29日，安省省长发表声明节选：

“ 在要求每个安大略人作出牺牲的时候，菲利普斯部长及其出国旅行的决定令我感到非常失望。
我已经让部长知道，他的旅行的决定是完全不能接受的，而且他或我们内阁和核心小组的任何成员都不会再容忍这一决定。 我还告诉部长我需要他立即回国。”

12月31日上午，菲利普到达多伦多皮尔逊机场，在机场对媒体再次道歉（见最后链接视频）。

12月31日晚些时候，安省省长发表声明节选：

“ 今天，在与罗德·菲利普斯交谈之后，我接受了他辞去安大略省财政部长的职务的请求。
在安大略省人民付出了如此多的代价的时候，今天的辞职表明我们的政府再认真履行使自己达到更高标准的义务。”

#英语# #安大略省# #加拿大疫情#
Dec. 13, Phillips travelled to St. Barts for the holidays on December 13.

Dec. 24: His office released a plethora of tweets and Instagram posts during the time he was away, including one where he sat next to a gingerbread house and a glass of eggnog and thanked healthcare workers dealing with packed hospitals, as “we all make sacrifices this Christmas.”

John Tory, mayor of Toronto, said: “It’s a very regrettable series of events, but I think people who know me know that I stand by my friends when they make mistakes and when they’re in trouble.”

Dec.29:

Phillips apologized Tuesday evening for leaving the country on Dec. 13 for a personal trip even as health officials pleaded with Ontarians to only venture outside of their homes for essential purposes.

Part of Statement from Premier Doug Ford:
"At a time when every Ontarian has been asked to make sacrifices, I am extremely disappointed in Minister Phillips and his decision to travel abroad.
I have let the minister know that his decision to travel is completely unacceptable and that it will not be tolerated again — by him or any member of our cabinet and caucus. I have also told the minister I need him back in the country immediately."

Dec. 31:
Phillips told CP24 at Pearson International Airport upon his return on Thursday morning：“It was a significant error in judgment – a dumb, dumb mistake, I apologize for it, I regret it.”

Part of Statement from Premier Doug Ford:
"Today, following my conversation with Rod Phillips, I have accepted his resignation as Ontario's minister of finance.
At a time when the people of Ontario have sacrificed so much, today's resignation is a demonstration that our government takes seriously our obligation to hold ourselves to a higher standard." 

Video：Ontario Finance Minister Rod Phillips answers questions from the media at Pearson Airport after returning home from his controversial Christmas vacation down south.

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新闻回顾：

12月13日，菲利普斯去加勒比海度假，他走之后，他的推特帐号发布的视频、相片，比如，家门口祝贺枫糖节的相片、圣诞平安夜在家里壁炉前祝圣诞快乐，并且背后挂着安省省政府大楼的巨幅图片参加网上会议 — 不过画面外传来海浪声... ... 让他看上去他还在家、还在工作中，但后来被媒体曝光。

29日，菲利普斯公开道歉。省长发声明表示愤怒并要求他立刻回国。

31日上午，菲利普斯到达多伦多皮尔逊机场对媒体再次公开道歉。晚些时候，省长发声明表示接受其辞职。

Rod's St. Barts ruse had more planning than D-Day http://t.cn/A6qm5LPm

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现在他是Long-time care部的部长，重新被起用。