Ontario minister resigns after going on Caribbean holiday during pandemic

Rod Phillips has apologised and resigned (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

A Canadian finance minister has resigned after going on a Caribbean holiday during the pandemic and seemingly trying to hide the fact by sending social media posts showing him in a sweater before a fireplace.

Ontario premier Doug Ford said he had accepted Rod Phillips’s resignation as minister hours after he returned home from a more than two-week stay on the island of St Barts despite government guidelines urging people to avoid non-essential travel.