Jim Flaherty
Jim Flaherty
James Michael "Jim" Flaherty, PC, was Canada's federal Minister of Financeand also a former provincial Minister of Finance for Ontario. From 1995 until 2005, he was the Member of Provincial Parliament for Whitby-Ajax, and a member of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party caucus and unsuccessfully sought the leadership of the provincial party on two occasions...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth30 December 1949
CityLachine, Canada
CountryCanada
Public service is good for you,
I remember being in the Ontario Legislature and the Liberals yelling over at me about the fact that the dollar was rising, and that was bad for business, and didn't I realize that. And I thought, 'What are you talking about?' The value of the currency in part, large part, reflects the world's view of the state of our economy.
It's more frugal to wear ties that are given to you.
All the windows were blacked out from heavy smoke conditions. There was dark smoke. The house was essentially buttoned up tight.