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=== 2002 Ontario PC leadership bid === Flaherty ran to succeed Harris in the [[2002 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election|2002 PC leadership election]], but lost to frontrunner [[Ernie Eves]], his predecessor as finance minister. Flaherty's campaign featured attacks on Eves, calling him a "serial waffler" and a "pale, pink imitation of Dalton McGuinty".<ref>[http://www.sesresearch.com/news/in_the_news/NationalPostJ31.pdf "Flaherty gets personal with attack on Eves"], ''[[National Post]]'', January 31, 2002</ref><ref name="20years=trinh" /> Flaherty's leadership campaign focused on "law and order" themes, and one of his proposals was to make [[homelessness]] illegal. His purported plan was to have special constables encourage homeless persons to seek out shelters or hospitals. He argued that his policy would save the lives of homeless persons; leadership rival [[Elizabeth Witmer]] and other critics described it as callous, and ineffective against the root causes of homelessness.<ref>{{cite news |title= Activist thought Flaherty joking |author= Heather Capannelli |page= A5 |newspaper= The Globe and Mail|date= February 16, 2002}}</ref><ref name="20years=trinh" /> Flaherty also promised to implement further [[tax cut]]s, carry through with plans to create a tax credit for parents sending their children to private school, and [[privatization|privatizing]] the [[Liquor Control Board of Ontario]]. Flaherty also emerged as a [[social conservative]] in this campaign, particularly a staunch stance against [[abortion]] and his association with [[anti-abortion]] groups. On April 15, 2002, Eves demoted him to the less-prominent position of Minister of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation. Flaherty retained this position until the Tories were defeated in the [[2003 Ontario general election|provincial election of 2003]]. Flaherty himself was re-elected by a reduced margin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/ontariovotes2003/riding/096/ |title=Ontario Votes 2003: Whitby-Ajax |publisher=CBC.ca |date=2003-10-02 |access-date=2014-04-11}}</ref><ref name="20years=trinh" />
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