Rod Phillips (politician)
Rod Phillips | |
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Rod Phillips as Ontario Finance Minister (2019) | |
| Ontario Minister of Long-Term Care | |
| In office June 18, 2021 – January 14, 2022 | |
| Premier | Doug Ford |
| Preceded by | Merrilee Fullerton |
| Succeeded by | Paul Calandra |
| Ontario Minister of Finance | |
| In office June 20, 2019 – December 31, 2020 | |
| Premier | Doug Ford |
| Preceded by | Vic Fedeli |
| Succeeded by | Peter Bethlenfalvy |
| Ontario Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks | |
| In office June 29, 2018 – June 20, 2019 | |
| Premier | Doug Ford |
| Preceded by | Chris Ballard |
| Succeeded by | Jeff Yurek |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Ajax | |
| In office June 7, 2018 – February 2, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Riding Established |
| Succeeded by | Patrice Barnes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 2, 1965 |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse | Lydia Phillips |
| Residence | Rosedale, Toronto |
| Alma mater | University of Western Ontario (BA) |
Rod Phillips is a Canadian businessman and former politician who was the member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Ajax from 2018 to 2022. A member of the Ontario Progressive Conservative (PC) Party, Phillips served as Ontario's minister of the environment, conservation and parks from 2018 to 2019, minister of finance from 2019 to 2020, and minister of long-term care from 2021 to 2022.
Phillips ran for MPP in the 2018 provincial election, following which his PC Party would form government. Premier Doug Ford named him environment minister, before promoting him to the finance portfolio, succeeding Vic Fedeli. He resigned from that role in 2020, after he took a vacation to St. Barts contrary to his government's public health advice during the COVID-19 pandemic, but was later named the minister of long-term care in 2021. Phillips resigned from cabinet in 2022 and resigned his seat in February, 2022, he did not run in the 2022 election.
Before politics, Phillips was the former president and CEO of Shepell-fgi, a professional services company, from 2002 to 2010; the president and CEO of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) from 2011 to 2014; the chair of Postmedia from 2014 to 2017; and chair of CivicAction from 2014 to 2017. After stepping down from cabinet and resigning his seat, Phillips became vice-chair of Canaccord Genuity. He sits on the board of Aecon Group Inc.