The Minister of money - who lost out to the French Minister of Finance Christine Lagarde for the top IMF post - must have been annoyed by the snub. After all - he fancies that his genius is what kept Canada afloat during the corruption induced recession. Now we all know that he had nothing to do with it - he relied on the institutional structure and regulatory system established by Ministers before his time.
In either case - Jim - is a founding partner of Flaherty Dow Elliott a law firm that describes itself this way:
Our Firm has distinguished itself in the area of motor vehicle accident litigation. We also litigate and arbitrate claims for Statutory Accident Benefits.
We also act as counsel in the various forms of disputes between insurers that may arise following motor vehicle accidents.
We are also proud of our expanding subrogation and property loss department that serves the needs of several insurers.
Finally, we frequently act for legitimately and seriously injured people following motor vehicle accidents and similar traumatic incidents.
(emphasis added)
Guess we won't be seeing any major reform in personal injury law - and he would not want to interfere with provinces there now would he?
Anyway the man who made a name for himself by chasing small and large ambulances (so to speak) - and revolutionizing the Ontario economy (lol) - now has his sites set on Arts and Culture. Mr. common sense himself feels "culture" is too reliant on federal cash. The suit with a fine manicure feels the "arts" should become a blood sport with real competition for government dollars. Perhaps Minister Clement could create new policy with respect to that. Clement's Counselling for Canadian Cash could be a great business success story with a slogan like "Funding for Fake Lakes Guaranteed".
I can see it now - Globe and Mail headlines of the future: Festivals Fight for Funds - Opera Sings for Supper - Librarians Lobby for Loot - or Painters Punch it our for Payola.
Yes Canada - our Minister of Money is getting tough on Arts and Culture - if you are in this sector Flaherty wants you to know you must stop relying on government grants as part of your budget.
The following are Flaherty quotes from a CP/CBC story:
"One thing I'd say, and maybe it's different than it used to be, is we actually don't believe in festivals and cultural institutions assuming that year after year after year they'll receive government funding," Flaherty said.
"They ought not assume entitlement to grants ... no organization should assume in their budgeting that every year the government of Canada is going to give them grants because there's lots of competition, lots of other festivals, and there are new ideas that come along.
"So it's a good idea for everyone to stay on their toes and not make that assumption."
I wonder if Jim says that to all the boys? The Banks, the Auto Giants, the Oil Companies and particularly the Insurance Giants? You see Jim - bailouts, tax breaks, and favourable government policies are as good as a grant.
A man with power and influence who does not support Arts and Culture is an Ass. You Mr. Flaherty are an ass.
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Aiding and Abetting the path to Corruption is alive and well within the Canadian Parliamentary System.
This has been the key driver to the World's pseudo-economies that have been created over the past 30 or more years, since the Free Trade movements contracts started to escalate and it will be the way the economies of the future will be run. They have found a game to play, no different than a Lotto Game.
We better prepare ourselves for the crashing of these economies every 5 to 10 years, like that what happened in 2000 with the dot.com bubble burst and 2008 with the Global Financial crisis and all the little crashes in between. How do we get to change this system when everyone in the upper echelon of society are involved, those who institute the changes, have tasted the wealth from this deception and are involved in the profits from Lawyers, Financiers, Medical bigwigs, and every other discipline of society?
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