Ontario Premier Doug Ford is acknowledging he knew his finance minister, Rod Phillips, was outside Canada before the news of Phillips's Caribbean vacation began making headlines Tuesday. "I did call him shortly after he arrived and I asked him and he said he was away," Ford told reporters Wednesday. WATCH | Ford admits he should have asked finance minister to return from Caribbean sooner:Premier Doug Ford promises 'tough conversation' with finance minister after Caribbean trip CBC News Toronto Video 3:07 Premier Doug Ford addressed questions about finance minister Rod Phillips's Caribbean trip during lockdown. "There can't be rules for elected people and non-elected people," Ford told reporters. "Doing one is unlikely to lift the public health messaging damage of the other," he said.

Source: CBC News December 30, 2020 20:29 UTC