Christine Elliott

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is facing another high-profile resignation just months away from the provincial election as his deputy premier confirmed she's ...

Elliott came within a whisker of beating Ford in the 2018 Ontario PC leadership race. I want to express my profound admiration of and gratitude for all who provide care to Ontarians each and every day. Rod Phillips, who was serving as minister of long-term care and was once the province's finance minister, announced his resignation in January. I saw gaps in care and that motivated me to action," Elliott said. "The COVID-19 pandemic has tested us all, but none more so than our incredible frontline health care workers. In a statement issued Friday morning, Elliott said she made the decision to not run in the coming provincial election after "considerable reflection and discussion" with her family.

Christine Elliott made the official announcement that she was not seeking re-election on Friday, almost three months before the election on June 2.

“Christine has been by my side since the start of the pandemic. Like many Ontarians, I would not have been able to do my job day in and day out without their support.” “The COVID-19 pandemic has tested us all, but none more so than our incredible frontline health care workers,” Elliott continued.

The former wife of former Canadian finance minister Jim Flaherty ran for the leadership three times, losing to Tim Hudak in 2009, Patrick Brown in 2015 and Ford in 2018 who gave Elliott her current role. She won her first election in her home riding of ...

The former wife of former Canadian finance minister Jim Flaherty ran for the leadership three times, losing to Tim Hudak in 2009, Patrick Brown in 2015 and Ford in 2018 who gave Elliott her current role. She won her first election in her home riding of Whitby-Oshawa in 2006. In her Twitter statement she thanked her constituents.

M^me Elliott avait quitté la politique pendant trois ans après avoir perdu la course à la direction du Parti progressiste-conservateur de l'Ontario en 2015 – l' ...

Un député indépendant, qui avait été exclu de l’Assemblée législative lorsque les députés ont condamné à l’unanimité ses déclarations et son comportement, a déclaré qu’il ne se représenterait pas. La dernière fois, en 2018, elle avait perdu de justesse face à M. Ford. Au moins neuf autres députés progressistes-conservateurs ont annoncé qu’ils ne se représenteraient pas en juin. « Je suis vraiment reconnaissante pour le chemin que j’ai parcouru dans la vie publique et j’ai hâte de voir ce que le prochain chapitre apportera », a-t-elle écrit dans un communiqué. Le premier ministre Doug Ford a déclaré vendredi que Mme Elliott n’était pas seulement une collègue en qui il avait confiance, mais aussi une amie proche et personnelle, car leurs familles étaient liées depuis des décennies. Le défunt mari de Mme Elliott, Jim Flaherty, ancien ministre des Finances de Stephen Harper, avait été d’abord député provincial aux côtés du père de M. Ford. Mme Elliott, qui a dirigé la lutte contre la COVID-19 en Ontario depuis le début de la pandémie, restera ministre de la Santé et vice-première ministre jusqu’au scrutin du 2 juin.

Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott, one of the high-profile members of Premier Doug Ford's cabinet, says she will not be running in the provincial ...

She remains instrumental in helping steer Ontario through one of the most difficult periods in our province’s history … I will continue to rely on her advice and counsel.” Our friendship means more than anything to both of us." We've been connected at the hip for the last two years throughout this pandemic. I saw gaps in care and that motivated me to action.” They do so bravely, selflessly, and at great expense to their own personal lives and circumstances,” she said. I'm sad in one way, but I'm happy for Christine as well. The National Advisory Committee on Immunization says provinces and territories should rapidly prepare to offer fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the coming weeks. I couldn't ask for a better person, better friend, and leader, someone with integrity," Ford told reporters. The National Advisory Committee on Immunization says provinces and territories should rapidly prepare to offer fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the coming weeks. "She was at the top of the list to serve as deputy premier and minister of health, posts she has held since the day we were sworn in and will continue to do so until the election. She said that she would continue in her role as the minister of health until the spring, adding that Ford asked her to remain in the role until then. Elliott expressed gratitude to the front-line health-care workers persisting in their work amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to Premier Ford for his "leadership" during the health crisis.

TORONTO — Christine Elliott may have never quite landed the top job in her party, but the Ontario health minister will be leaving politics from the helm of a file she says is a source of passion. Elliott, who has steered the province's response to the ...