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Jim Flaherty

May 15th, 2012
"Fresh orange juice squeezer for Bev Oda," and more "bad job" ideas trended on twitter in response to the Finance Minister's recent remarks.
Nov 29th, 2011
Deficit is important, but so is surviving a European-triggered recession, government warned.
Nov 11th, 2011
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Friday that delaying approval for the Keystone XL pipeline could end the project entirely. “I’m not sure this project would survive that kind of delay,” Flaherty...
Oct 26th, 2011
Canadians are less confident about their finances than they were two years ago, according to the October Consumer Outlook Index survey released today by the Royal Bank of Canada. Consumer confidence...
Oct 13th, 2011
Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty shares some sympathy with Occupy Wall Street protesters but reminds Canadians that Canada has a different financial environment than the U.S. The Canadian Press...
Aug 18th, 2011
US recession and debt, market fears all add up to gloom north of the border.
Jun 1st, 2011
OTTAWA -- A healthy dose of post-election gloating, an injection of Canucks fever, and perhaps delirium from the lack of air conditioning on Parliament Hill made Wednesday's Conservative caucus...
May 30th, 2011
TORONTO -- Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and the CEO of Chrysler indicated Monday they may be moving toward a deal to sell Canadian and Ontario government shares in the recovering company to Italian...
May 27th, 2011
OTTAWA -- The federal deficit for the year just finished will come in lower than the $40.5 billion predicted in March's budget, Ottawa says. Just how much lower won't be known for sure until the fall...
Mar 23rd, 2011
"On Friday or Saturday, the Prime Minister will take a walk across the street from his residence to the Governor General's office to dissolve Parliament," Justin Trudeau, MP for the Montreal riding...