中英对照：菲利普斯财长虽辞职，皇后公园的虚伪丑闻并未终止
Rod Philips resignation won't put Queen's Park's hypocrisy scandal to an end
来源: 大中报 南茜(Nancy Jin)
(大中报/096.ca 特稿）安省财政厅长菲利普斯在疫情肆虐，全省封城的时候前往加热带群岛圣巴斯度假。当安省居民受疫情之灾困扰，惶惶不可终日之际，一名内阁厅长飞往度假天堂欢度圣诞节实为令人不齿和气愤之举。但是一些安省政府官员为了替其掩盖行踪开脱责任而以谎言欺骗大众的行径更是令人震惊，发指。
Ontario Finance Minister Rod Philips headed to the tropical island St. Barts for vacation, while the entire province is in a lockdown amidst the war on the virus. A cabinet minister seeking a Christmas getaway to vacation paradise as Ontarians struggle with a growing pandemic crisis is appalling and outrageous. However, the lies, deceptions, and the attempts from the Queen’s Park to hide his location and cover up his tracks are all the more shocking and intolerable.
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菲利普斯知道自己的度假行为会引起何等的公众反响，因而与其随从们合谋了一起网络骗局，以掩盖其真实行踪，欺骗加国民众。12月15日，他的推特账户中发出一张照片，其中的菲利普斯正与其同僚们在Durham宣布一项拨款计划。12月16日，身着冬季毛衣的他又出现于以皇后公园为背景的录像中。12月18日，一条推文称他曾在前周末访问一家Ajax的公司。12月24日的一条推文显示他在圣诞前日大谈加拿大人在节日里的奉献和牺牲。但事实上，当这些事先录制的录像，照片和推文呈现于其社交媒体账户之际，这位内阁厅长正在加勒比海的岛屿上尽享奢侈度假圣地的明媚的阳光和美丽海滩。
Worrying about how the public reacts to his vacation trip, Mr. Philips colluded with his staff in orchestrating a social media scheme to deceive Canadians of his actual whereabouts. On Dec. 15, a tweet from his account showed a photo of him and a group of colleagues making a funding announcement in Durham. He appeared in a video on Dec. 16 against an artificial background of Queen's Park, wearing a winter sweater. On Dec. 18, another tweet said he stopped by a business in Ajax on the previous weekend. On Dec. 24, a tweet from his accounts described the "sacrifices" Canadians make this Christmas. It turns out that his staff sent out all of these pre-prepared materials while he was frolicking under the tropical sun on the most expensive Caribbean island.
但菲利普斯的这场骗局上演的同时，福特省长对其内阁幕僚的行踪了如指掌。他不但对其行为听之任之，还试图替他掩盖踪迹，竭力为其开脱。福特在丑闻初期的一些言辞似乎暗示他对菲利普斯的度假计划一无所知，但第二天又改口称他知道其下属已离省出游，只是在这位部长到达了加勒比岛后的两个星期前才得以知情。
Mr. Philips's "phony-baloney" was on display while Premier Ford knew perfectly well that his cabinet Minister was thousands of miles away from his office. Mr. Premier also seemed complicit in covering Philips' tracks. He made statements initially by implying he wasn't aware of Philips' travel plan but changed his tone the next day by admitting that he knew about Philips leaving the country. He said that he only found it out two weeks ago after the Minister arrived in the Caribbean Island.
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但福特的这番说辞在自由党省议员看来根本站不住脚，因而遭到反对党的猛烈抨击。自由党党领Del Duca表示：“所有厅长的出省旅行计划都会通知省长办公室，这以是省府内的长期惯例。”省议员Stephen Blais在给福特的公开信中称：”在全省每天新冠病例高达2000多起之际，你内阁内职位最高的厅长却可以在你毫不知情的情况下离省出国两个星期，这根本无法让人相信。“
Mr. Ford's narratives just won’t hold water, which prompted a heated backlash from the Liberal MPPs. "It is a long-established practice that ministers notify the Premier's office of all out of province travel, "said MPP Del Duca."It is not believable that the most senior Minister in your cabinet could leave the country for two weeks without your knowledge when the province reports over 2000 cases every day," wrote MPP Stephen Blais in an open letter. He urged the Premier to come clean about when the Minister told him about his traveling plans.
但福特的虚伪言辞远不止于此。明知菲利普斯违反了全省疫情禁令，但他却没有立即勒令他回国，直到丑闻酿成风暴，被逼无奈才不得已而为之。福特一贯称其贯彻以为小人物服务的从政纲领，但当大人物为了寻求骄逸奢侈而违反规定，并利用推文欺骗误导小人物时，他却对此姑息养奸，视而不见。
The Premier's hypocrisy didn't stop there. Knowing Philips violated the provincial guidelines, he did not ask him to return immediately until the story turned into a political storm. He said he was for the little guys but turned a blind eye when a big guy's flaunted rules to pursue a high life, using Twitter deception to mislead the little guys.
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多伦多市长庄德利称，菲利普斯是因度假时机不当而不小心犯下了“令人遗憾之错误”。但加国民众却不能原谅这名厅长的这种“人为错误”。当有越来越有多的“小人物”感到被欺骗，被忽视，被侵犯时，一场有公众舆论掀起的政治风暴在所难免。一名安省居民的推文称：“福特两周前知其出国却未采取任何行动，就是默许了菲利普斯度假。”“他利用皇后公园背景拍录像，就明摆着要给大众造成他仍在安省的假象，倍显安省保守党政府的虚伪。”
Mayor John Tory said Philips was a human being who made a "regrettable mistake" with an ill-timed vacation. But the public doesn't excuse the Minister for his "human error." Public outrage erupted as a growing number of “little guys” feel fooled, disrespected, and violated by Queens Park. "By doing nothing two weeks ago, Ford gave Philips the OK to stay in St. Barts," an Ontarian tweeted. "The video has him using Queens Park background – a deliberate choice to deceive people into thinking he was still in Ontario. It is the next level of dishonesty from the PC party. "
随着公众对这场丑闻之愤懑达到新高，菲利普斯不得不引咎辞职。他将万般错误揽于一身，并深度自责，反复道歉。但加国公民却会继续追究那些卷入这场骗局，为其开脱的人和事，省长福特也脱不了干系。菲利普斯的辞职并非皇后公园的这场骗局丑闻的终止。
Mr. Philips resigned as the public anger over the hypocrisy scandal reached a fever pitch. He took all the blame on himself and apologized profusely. However, the public will continue to hold those involved in these cheating and cover-up schemes accountable – the Premier included. Philips's resignation will not put Queens Park's hypocrisy scandal to an end.
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