The Globe and Mail - Ontario cabinet minister Rod Phillips to resign, not run in next election

“This is the highest number we have ever had, and we haven’t even reached the peak,” Dr. Samir Sinha, NIA Director of Health Policy Research, said in an interview. “It’s the ultimate letdown to have one of the government’s smartest ministers put in charge of tackling this file resign on a day when Ontario has never seen so many long-term care homes in a COVID-19 outbreak.”