Jim Flaherty is dead
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I've always said there is an exception to every rule and Jim was certainly the exception to my opinion about politicians, he served us well and will be remembered for much good that he did. R.I.P. Jim!
Thank you Jim, you brought safe harbor economically for Canada.
You had a human side rarely seen in public by a politician , recalling your words towards Rob Ford. Or more your lack of words.
Canada owes you much, thank you so much.
I feel bad he never got to enjoy the rewards of his devotion to his public service in retirement.
To his family, thank you as well.
RIP
You had a human side rarely seen in public by a politician , recalling your words towards Rob Ford. Or more your lack of words.
Canada owes you much, thank you so much.
I feel bad he never got to enjoy the rewards of his devotion to his public service in retirement.
To his family, thank you as well.
RIP
Gawd the fawning around Flaherty is positively stomach turning.
Flaherty was the 'muscle' the 'hit man' behind two of the most odious governments in Canadian history. The absolutely rancid Mike Harris administration in Ontario.. who sold off crown jewels of public property.. in parts of Ontario Hydro and its public roads system.
And the Free Market besotted Harper regime. The latter has disatrously compromised Canada's economic future as it has sold out to Wall Street and Global Investment Organism and fatally undermined Canadian sovereignty and any kind of integrated industrial economy on which to rely.
Well with all the grovelling servitude to International Financiers Flaherty expected a big cheque for loyal service from Bay Street. But dropped dead before he could cash it. Thems the breaks.... if you sell out your country.. there's no guarantee the ilk of Global Trading Oligarchs will pay off. If you put in with gangsters, you shape your destiny by their 'omerta' and code of honour.
The death of the middle class, the destruction of the workplace, the polarization of wealth, the de-industrialization of Canada into a colonial supplier of raw materials, the inability to create jobs for young people sufficient to begin families and buy homes. That's Flaherty's and his cabal's legacy.
Either he was a shill for the global trading, monetarist and investment leviathon.. or he was deluded and incompetent.. those are the only two choices i see. He didn't 'save us' from the Global Crisis of 2008, which was only first of series of economic shocks to come.. he layed us prostrate before its sword.
Flaherty was the 'muscle' the 'hit man' behind two of the most odious governments in Canadian history. The absolutely rancid Mike Harris administration in Ontario.. who sold off crown jewels of public property.. in parts of Ontario Hydro and its public roads system.
And the Free Market besotted Harper regime. The latter has disatrously compromised Canada's economic future as it has sold out to Wall Street and Global Investment Organism and fatally undermined Canadian sovereignty and any kind of integrated industrial economy on which to rely.
Well with all the grovelling servitude to International Financiers Flaherty expected a big cheque for loyal service from Bay Street. But dropped dead before he could cash it. Thems the breaks.... if you sell out your country.. there's no guarantee the ilk of Global Trading Oligarchs will pay off. If you put in with gangsters, you shape your destiny by their 'omerta' and code of honour.
The death of the middle class, the destruction of the workplace, the polarization of wealth, the de-industrialization of Canada into a colonial supplier of raw materials, the inability to create jobs for young people sufficient to begin families and buy homes. That's Flaherty's and his cabal's legacy.
Either he was a shill for the global trading, monetarist and investment leviathon.. or he was deluded and incompetent.. those are the only two choices i see. He didn't 'save us' from the Global Crisis of 2008, which was only first of series of economic shocks to come.. he layed us prostrate before its sword.
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Exactly right...and many people wondered as well. I certainly did especially after Jack.
yes and it's why his face was often puffed out as though he had gained weight
Some cold hard reality about Flaherty's agenda is needed.. given the maudlin sentiment.. for a 'great' Canadian.. that is packaged as apologetics for his disastrous stewardship of the Finance portfolios. He was a very average man, in a job that required some vision and courage.. rather than capitulation. Sad, but that's the way i see it.
Some cold hard reality about Flaherty's agenda is needed.. given the maudlin sentiment.. for a 'great' Canadian.. that is packaged as apologetics for his disastrous stewardship of his portfolio. He was a very average man, in a job that required some vision and courage.. rather than capitulation. Sad, but that's the way i see it.
Start a new thread.
The thread's title is 'Jim Flaherty is Dead'.. not Jim Flaherty RIP.. or memorial thread. You start a new thread.. if you want nothing but salivating, saccharine sentiment.
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You have been here long enough to know it is a Memorial Thread. If you wish to speak ill of the dead take it to another thread
You got that right Goober, Jim's respect went far beyond political lines or stripes- he served ALL Canadians well.
Pretty much I guess.
All that really really nice pension money get put into general revenues ??
No more pain than he caused Ontario.
Never saw a deficit he didn't love.
There's always every reason to believe Harper is/was lying.
Can't . Tried. They are on my screen, and they show up when I hit the smilie button, but just leaves a "/" in the text where they should go. Nice try just the same. TY.
Yes, well, that's good, and if it is it will be Flaherty's work.
And I'm not debating about him. Just as I don't debate the existence of God or whatever.......don't really give a sh*t.
No more than any other politician and possibly less than most!
O.F.F.S. it's not a time to get tied up with semantics!
