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Brad Clark ( born 1960 ) is a former Canadian politician in Ontario , Canada . He was the councillor in Ward nine in Hamilton , Ontario from December 2006 to December 2014 . He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2003 , and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves . Canada ( French : ) is a country in the northern half of North America . Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean , covering , making it the world ' s second - largest country by total area and the fourth - largest country by land area . Canada ' s border with the United States is the world ' s longest land border . The majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate , but southerly areas are warm in summer . Canada is sparsely populated , the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains . About four - fifths of the country ' s population of 36 million people is urbanized and live near the southern border . Its capital is Ottawa , its largest city is Toronto ; other major urban areas include Montreal , Vancouver , Calgary , Edmonton , Quebec City , Winnipeg and Hamilton . Ernest Larry Eves ( born June 17 , 1946 ) is a Canadian former politician who served as the 23rd Premier of Ontario from 2002 to 2003 . He took over as Premier in 2002 when Mike Harris resigned as leader but was defeated in the 2003 election by the ___MASK38___ under Dalton McGuinty . Michael Deane " Mike " Harris ( born January 23 , 1945 ) was the 22nd Premier of Ontario from June 26 , 1995 to April 14 , 2002 . He is most noted for the " Common Sense Revolution ", his Progressive Conservative government ' s program of deficit reduction in combination with lower taxes and cuts to government programs . FOREST ( short for " Freedom Organisation for ___MASK24___ to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco ") is a United Kingdom political pressure group which campaigns against tobacco control activity . Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada . It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America , at the confluence of the ___MASK100___ and Assiniboine Rivers . The phrase Common Sense Revolution ( CSR ) has been used as a political slogan to describe conservative platforms with a main goal of reducing taxes while balancing the budget by reducing the size and role of government . It has been used in places such as Australia and the U . S . state of New Jersey in the 1990s . This article deals with the " Common Sense Revolution " as it was under Ontario Premier Mike Harris , and the ___MASK88___ from 1995 to 2002 . Dalton James Patrick McGuinty , Jr ., ( born July 19 , 1955 ) is a Canadian retired politician who served as the 24th Premier of Ontario from 2003 to 2013 . He was the first ___MASK57___ leader to win two majority governments since Mitchell Hepburn nearly 70 years earlier . In 2011 , he became the first ___MASK57___ premier to secure a third consecutive term since Oliver Mowat ( 1872  1896 ), after his party was re - elected in that year ' s provincial election .