Jim Flaherty Quotes

Jim Flaherty — Canadian Public Servant born on December 30, 1949, died on April 10, 2014

James Michael "Jim" Flaherty, PC, was Canada's federal Minister of Finance and 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... (wikipedia)

There are some terrorist organizations, there are some organized crime organizations, that launder money through charities and make donations to charities. That's not the purpose of charitable donations in Canada, so we're becoming increasingly strict on the subject.

I'm still a fiscal conservative, and I'm inclined to pay down debt.

It's more frugal to wear ties that are given to you.

We're always flexible and pragmatic... It's always important to watch the unemployment rate and to make sure that we can keep most Canadians working. We were successful in that back in 2008-09.

Everyone wants instant gratification: you have to have everything your parents had right away.

Jim Flaherty Quotes

Jim Flaherty Quotes

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