Jim Flaherty, dies at 64
 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jim-...t-64-1.2605728

Life and death is bigger than politics.

Here's to a man who loved his country.

Very shocking, very sad.

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There's widespread delight in this office so I suppose he was a sort of Canadian Thatcher.

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In my opinion, it doesn't matter which party you support, there should never be glee over someone's death. He was a man who worked for his country. He was a father of three boys. He's someone's neighbour and someone's husband and someone's friend. He's still a person who had a life.

Disagree with his views or political agenda all you want, but no one should ever be delighted over someone's passing.

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While I'm not sure Jim Flaherty desires such snide remarks...I don't quite agree with the above.

When Gerry Adams knocks off I'll almost certainly be pleased.

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I've never heard of him but why are all Canadian politicians fat?

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:goodpost:

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...add Martin McGuinness to that list.

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Came as a surprise to me.

I always thought, he was younger than 64, though.

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I thought he was a pretty decent politician, which is a rare thing indeed, you can't say he was corrupt although his support of Rob Ford did him no favours.

I did find it slightly creepy that he opposed CPP reform and died a few months before he could have claimed it.

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It's the poutine

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Is it too early in this thread for Godwin?

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James Flaherty was on medication - prednisone (a steroid) for a serious skin condition called bullous pemphigoid. Side effects of predinisone include bloating.

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Chretien wasn't fat. Trudeau wasn't fat. The false impression that they're all fat has been created by Harper and Ford, two bloaters, neither of whom allows room on the screen for anyone else.

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Poor sod.

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Totally agree, that's why I was disgusted to hear the delight and glee in some areas of the UK when Margaret Thatcher passed away... as you say just because you disagree with their politics shouldn't mean you should be pleased with their passing, disgraceful behaviour...even more so when you have murderers like Gerry Adams and Martin McGuiness trying to pass themselves off as politicians...

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Pierre Poilievre isn't fat either. He's just a despicable person, even more so than Flaherty.

If I were a religionist, I'd think God had an off day, and hit the latter when he was aiming for Harper.

Let's be honest: Flaherty was just incompetent and very right wing, Pierre and Steve are pure evil.

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Would anyone vouch for that?

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I dunno...If I was entitled to vote and I lived in Calgary West I'd consider voting for Stephen Harper. "The man" seems to be quite a solid PM.

I have no natural political home either in Canada or the UK though.

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Considering the less than right wing perspective of many mega posters on this forum, I think you may have started something here:

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Remember that Liberals Aren't Liberal about Anything Except Hard Drugs, Sex and Spending Other People's Money'

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I don't have any political affiliation but I am not sure the hate for Harper and the conservatives. I can't say I noticed much of a difference in my day to day life with anything compared to when the Liberals were in power.

I find the the local and provincial decisions and parties have more direct affect on my life then federal government ever has.

Same in the US.

I can't vote in Canada so I am not overly concerned which party is in power though.

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I think an awful lot of elections are won on the 'Lesser of Two Evils' ticket and the other cliche is 'you can't please everybody'.

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While I am not a fan of Harper personally, I don't mind the party - I am all for the European trade deal he struck that will bring more goods into Canada from Europe, particularly cheese. I'm totally on board with that, I thought it was great.

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Don't forget once signed the duty rates on German manufactured vehicles will eventually be eliminated and therefore BMWs, Audis, Mercedes and a few other EU manufactured brands will become cheaper:thumbsup:
This will then force makers of vehicles to compete even more and hopefully all vehicles will be on a certain equivalency of reliability and costs.