LIVE BLOG TRANSCRIPT: State funeral for Jim Flaherty

Posted Apr 16, 2014 10:16 am.

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Canada’s political elite have gathered in Toronto to pay their final respects to Jim Flaherty, the former federal finance minister who died on April 10. Maclean’s reporter Nick Taylor-Vaisey live blogged from the service. Live coverage was also provided by reporters Cormac MacSweeney, Cynthia Mulligan and Kevin Misener. See the transcript of the live blog below.

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