Insiders dish on Phillips' abrupt exit
Plus: Grits take the lead, Yurek's replacement, budget consultations a-go, and school daze
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Stunners abound at the Pink Palace. Insiders dish on ROD PHILLIPS’s surprise exit and the Liberals came out on top ever so slightly in a new poll that was promptly trashed by their rivals. And there’s a bunch of fresh faces on the 2022 ticket. #NewsFridays, amirite?
PHILLIPS OUT — “A shocker.” “Premier’s Office is pissed.” “He was going to lose his seat, so this is a better exit.” “There wasn’t any more political room to grow so he’s going back to the private sector…Leaving Ajax vacant was more surprising.” “Maybe he wants to go back to St. Bart’s.”
Tory insiders are trying to make sense of Long-Term Care Minister ROD PHILLIPS’s abrupt resignation, announced Friday afternoon in a lengthy social media statement.
— “The Nick and Kory show”: As Queen’s Park Observer previously reported, Phillips hasn’t been shy about voicing his opposition to certain pandemic measures at the cabinet table.
Multiple PC sources tell me Phillips, among other high-ranking ministers…