Ontario finance minister apologizes after calling hospital workers 'eye candy'

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Ontario’s finance minister is apologizing for referring to male and female hospital workers as “eye candy” during a funding announcement in Toronto on Thursday.

Charles Sousa’s comments were called degrading by Progressive Conservative legislator Lisa MacLeod.publive-image

Sousa initially said his remarks were meant to thank the hospital workers standing behind him, and said the comments were taken out of context.publive-image

He has since posted an apology on social media, saying his choice of words was “inappropriate.”

In a separate incident on Thursday, MacLeod took Economic Development Minister Steven Del Duca to task for calling a question she asked at the legislature “adorable.”publive-image

Del Duca apologized for his remarks and says he used a poor choice of words in his response to MacLeod.

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