Canada could have used more Jim Flaherty

Something quite close to the heart today: my reflections on the character and achievements of a man I greatly admired, Jim Flaherty. His death yesterday of a heart attack brought back a flood of memories of the man I came to know when I had the privilege of being the Clifford Clark Visiting Economist at Finance Canada early in Flaherty’s tenure as minister. Happily we were able to keep the connection over the years as he kindly invited me back every year to chair his summer retreat. Canadians hardly knew what a grand man he was…. My column in the Ottawa Citizen and other Postmedia papers.