tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257578024925559189.post3675006943446041451..comments2023-08-03T03:59:01.255-04:00Comments on Democratic Voting Canada: Flaherty: good person, not-so-good finance ministerRon Wallerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120060083437508997noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257578024925559189.post-23651809894435742732014-04-14T21:26:53.854-04:002014-04-14T21:26:53.854-04:00You make a good point. I don't really know if ...You make a good point. I don't really know if Flaherty was a good person or not. I just wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt to focus on the terrible work he did as finance minister.<br /><br />Here's an interesting read on this topic published before Mr. Flaherty passed away:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.torontosun.com/2014/03/21/not-so-nice-guys-finish-last" rel="nofollow">Warren Kinsella: Not-so nice guys finish last</a><br /><br /> <br /><br />Ron Wallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120060083437508997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257578024925559189.post-73627063289622942352014-04-14T19:06:08.499-04:002014-04-14T19:06:08.499-04:00Flaherty a good person? Remember how Flaherty had ...Flaherty a good person? Remember how Flaherty had smeared Kevin Page? Despite the latter virtually begging for the details of the F35 jets, Flaherty and Harper steadfastly refused to give any information on the actual costs of the jets. Page nonetheless came out with an estimate of about $30B that was several times higher than the $9B that both Harper and Flaherty had claimed. Flaherty attacked Page and called him incompetent and suggested that his figures were totally out of whack. Of course we now know that it was Harper and Flaherty who were lying about the true costs of the F35s. A good person would at least have apologized to Page: I do not recall Flaherty doing so even after it became clear that Page was correct.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com