Please join The National Forum (Canadian Club of Toronto and Empire Club of Canada) on Friday November 20th, when Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, in anticipation of the next federal budget, will discuss the current state of the Canadian economy and how the government’s Economic Action Plan is positioning the country for continued economic recovery.
Jim Flaherty is a second-term Member of Parliament for Whitby-Oshawa (Ontario). He serves as Canada’s Minister of Finance and Minister Responsible for the Greater Toronto Area. He is a Governor of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. As Minister of Finance he is an ex-officio member of all Cabinet Committees. Minister Flaherty was recently awarded Euromoney Magazine’s Finance Minister of the Year award. Euromoney credited him with enhancing Canada’s reputation for sound fiscal policy while taking full account of social justice and overseeing a strong regulatory regime that has kept the financial sector out of chaos. Previously, for more than 10 years, he served as the Member of Provincial Parliament for Whitby-Ajax (Ontario). He served as Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance, Attorney General and Minister of Labour.
He graduated from Princeton University cum laude and then graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School. He was called to the Bar in Ontario with honours and practiced law for more than 20 years before being elected to public office.
