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    Photos: Paying respects to Jim Flaherty

    Hundreds gather to honour the former finance minister a day before his state funeral

    Liz Sullivan
    <p>A woman holds a picture of former Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty at the visitation service at the Abilities Centre in Whitby, Ontario, April 15, 2014. Flaherty, who steered Canada through the global financial crisis and then nearly eliminated the huge budget deficits he had run up in the process, died last week just weeks after resigning. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (CANADA &#8211; Tags: POLITICS OBITUARY) &#8211; RTR3LERW</p>

    A woman holds a picture of former Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty at the visitation service at the Abilities Centre in Whitby, Ontario, April 15, 2014. Flaherty, who steered Canada through the global financial crisis and then nearly eliminated the huge budget deficits he had run up in the process, died last week just weeks after resigning. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (CANADA – Tags: POLITICS OBITUARY) – RTR3LERW

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