"Our position hasn't changed - we're still opposed," said Mary Ann Dewey-Plante, spokeswoman for Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty referring to the financial transaction tax.

“我们的立场从未改变过，也不会改变。”加拿大财长吉姆·费拉蒂的女发言人玛丽安·杜威·普兰特针对金融交易税如是说。

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So on June 21st Jim Flaherty, the finance minister, had another go, his fourth in four years.

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The ostensible reason for opposition outrage was that Jim Flaherty, the finance minister, offered no new measures to stimulate the economy.

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Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said it was worth discussion but it "would not be a preferred option from the Canadian point of view".

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