Ontario Finance Minister Rod Phillips Resigns Following Caribbean Vacation

Ontario Finance Minister Rod Phillips looks on as he delivers baked goods and coffee to frontline health workers at Humber River Hospital ahead of the Ontario budget during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Nov. 5, 2020. The Canadian Press/Nathan Denette

TORONTO—Ontario’s finance minister resigned from his cabinet position Thursday, hours after returning from a Caribbean vacation amid a provincewide lockdown.

Rod Phillips travelled to St. Barts on Dec. 13 despite provincial guidelines urging people to avoid all non-essential travel.