Doug Ford’s outspoken daughter sits out Christmas card photo

It appears no family is immune to drama around the holidays and tension in Doug Ford’s family is on full display in the premier’s Christmas card.

Noticeably absent this year is Ford’s daughter, Krista Ford Haynes, who has publicly criticized her father’s support for COVID-19 vaccines and his opposition to February’s ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests in Ottawa.

In a lengthy Instagram post, Ford Haynes explains why she didn’t want to be included on the card with her parents and siblings for a second year.

In last year’s card, the premier posed only with his wife Karla. This year his other three daughters were included.

“On behalf of Karla, myself, Kayla, Kara and Kyla, I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays,” writes Ford.

Past versions of the annual card have included Krista and her husband Dave.

“I’m missing because I chose not to be in it, however this doesn’t have any impact on my relationship with my family or my dad,” Krista wrote, adding that she loves her parents and three sisters but says they are in much “different positions.”

“Unfortunately, while many things are becoming good again and people are healing from the traumas over the last three years, there’s something terribly wrong still that doesn’t sit well inside me.”

Pictured inside is Doug Ford’s family, minus daughter Krista Ford Haynes.

Her Instagram post goes on to discuss “wrongdoings” over the past few years, alluding to the province’s vaccination campaign. Haynes made a series of posts throughout the pandemic criticizing the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines, and other public health measures such as masking.

A Toronto Star report has suggested Ford Haynes was upset when her father stood with Justin Trudeau’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act in an effort to end last winter’s convoy protests.

A federal court judge has ruled last month that Doug Ford and former solicitor general Sylvia Jones would not have to testify at the Emergencies Act inquiry in Ottawa due to parliamentary privilege. The pair were summoned to appear at the public inquiry examining the federal government’s decision to invoke the act.

With files from Laura Carney