By Hubie and Bertie
On a day like today, it's good to know that disgusting behavior is not restricted to south of the 49th parallel. If you can tear yourself away from the clown show in the US Senate, turn your eyes to Canada and feast on the vast hypocrisy of Rod Phillips.
Phillips (or Rodney, as we prefer to call him) is the finance minister for the province of Ontario, and he's in hot water for taking a holiday trip to St. Bart's in the Caribbean, despite the government's advice — in this age of COVID — not to engage in nonessential travel. And no need to ask: Yes, he's a Conservative.
But this sordid tale gets even better. Before he left in mid-December, Rodney produced a staged video that he then tweeted on Christmas Eve, wishing his constituents a happy holiday and implying he was home. There he was, ensconced in his comfy chair, enjoying an eggnog by his roaring fireplace. Check out that Charlie Brown tree and the gingerbread house! The ballsyness of his fakery is truly breathtaking.
Ontario's premier, the ever-ewy Doug Ford, is shocked, shocked to learn that his finance minister was in St. Bart's and has demanded he return immediately. As you might imagine, nobody's believing Ford didn't know.
It is all very Trumpy, and discouraging that Canadian leaders can be as unctuous as Americans. OTOH, it's comforting that we're not the only country that has to suffer fools like this. Doug Ford will soon have to decide that Phillips's continued service is, shall we say, nonessential. Ontarians probably already have. We cats HISS.
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