One of the most popular MPs and cabinet ministers of his generation, Jim Flaherty, was celebrated at a State Funeral in Toronto held on this date in 2014. He had passed into history a few days before in Ottawa, and the capital city was immediately plunged into mourning. Partisans from all sides came together in a rare expression of solidarity to honour Mr. Flaherty.
The late minister was eulogized by his friend, Prime Minister Stephen J. Harper. You can watch Harper deliver his eulogy at this link.
Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.