Sen. Vernon White is leaving his Senate post, saying he will be moving to Finland where his wife is originally from.
“My wife is from Finland, and we will get to spend time with them, which for now is very important to us,” White said in an email to The Epoch Times. “I have some work lined up overseas and will see where that takes me.”
White got media attention when he travelled to Finland in January 2021 during the pandemic. However, he followed all of Finland’s guidelines, isolating for 10 days and doing COVID-19 tests, he told CBC.
“I’ve been lucky enough to serve Canadians for over 40 years,” White said in an interview with CTV News, mentioning his time served in law enforcement and now in the Senate. “I think I’ll find something else that gives me some passion, and the Senate right now is not doing it.”…