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Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa put his foot in it.

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Speaking during a funding announcement Thursday, Sousa made an innapropriate comment when referring to the male and female hospital workers who stood for a staged photo.

“Thank you for the eye candy behind me,” he said.

Sousa later said he was sorry. But his apology only came after he first contended that his remarks were meant to thank the health-care workers standing behind him, and that the comments were taken out of context.

In offering up his apology, Sousa said his choice of words was inappropriate. Progressive Conservative MPP Lisa MacLeod insisted his remark was degrading.

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.”

Del Duca apologized for his remarks, saying he used a poor choice of words.

— Toronto Sun staff and The Canadian Press