Former Finance Minister Jim Flaherty died today. Sources say he succumbed to a massive heart attack. Flaherty was finance minister for many years steering Canada through the global financial crisis and helping financial officials in the rest of the world weather it. He died at age 64 and only weeks after resigning his cabinet post.
Canada’s House of Commons was suspended and then adjourned for the day. Members of Parliament were visibly shaken and expressed their condolences to Flaherty’s wife and triplet sons.
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