Jet-setting politicians shouldn’t be surprised when the public asks for heads to roll

An uber majority of elected officials followed the rules they set out and lectured us to follow, but a few high-profile rule breakers have damaged the credibility of the politician as public health messenger.
Provincial politicians who chose to leave the country for tropical holidays found themselves with different jobs when they came home, including former Ontario finance minister Rod Phillips, left, former Alberta municipal affairs minister Tracy Allard, and former Quebec Liberal critic Pierre Arcand.
OTTAWA—“Do as I say, not as I do” seems like an apt proverb for the times as more stories emerge about politicians who, during the holiday period or prior, thought they’d take some personal foreign travel when the rest of us were told by them not to. While it is true, based on avail...

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