MPP Rod Phillips to Resign

The Ontario MPP for Ajax and Minister for Long Term Care, Rod Phillips, has announced that he will not be running for re-election in the June election, and that he will be resigning his position as MPP and Minister in February. In a written statement, Phillips said “I have spoken with Premier Ford and with Brian Patterson, President of the Ontario PC Party to inform them of my decision not to seek re-election and to step down next month as the MPP for Ajax.”

In December 2020, Phillips, then Finance Minister, resigned his position after going on vacation after his government told citizens not to. Phillips returned to Cabinet in 2021 as the Long Term Care Minister

In a written response, Premier Doug Ford said “I want to thank Rod Phillips for his tireless work representing the people of Ajax and advancing important and necessary improvements in Ontario’s long-term care system.”

This comes one week after Elgin—Middlesex—London MPP, Jeff Yurek announced that he will not be running again.