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Stephen Joseph Harper ( born April 30 , 1959 ) is a Canadian retired politician who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Canada , from February 6 , 2006 to November 4 , 2015 . He was the first prime minister to come from the modern ___MASK74___ , which was formed by a merger of the Progressive Conservative Party and the Canadian Alliance . The ___MASK74___ , colloquially known as the Tories , is a political party in Canada . It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum . The party ' s leader from 2004 to 2015 was Stephen Harper , who served as Prime Minister from 2006 to 2015 . 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 ___MASK50___ from 1995 to 2002 . Guy Giorno ( born 1965 ) is a Canadian lawyer and conservative political activist . Giorno was Chief of Staff to then Premier of Ontario Mike Harris . In 2002 he joined the Toronto office of the Fasken Martineau DuMoulin law firm . On July 1 , 2008 , Giorno succeeded Ian Brodie as Chief of Staff in the Prime Minister ' s Office of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper . He returned to Fasken Martineau effective January 1 , 2011 , and was replaced as Chief of Staff by Nigel S . Wright . He is a fellow at the University of Toronto School of Public Policy & Governance . In January 2011 he was appointed National Campaign Chair of the ___MASK62___ ' s re - election effort . 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 . The ___MASK26___ , formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance , was a conservative and right - wing populist federal political party in Canada that existed from 2000 to 2003 . The party was the successor to the ___MASK76___ and inherited its position as the Official Opposition in the House of Commons and held it throughout its existence . The party supported policies that were both fiscally and socially conservative , seeking reduced government spending on social programs and reductions in taxation .