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Stockwell Burt Day , Jr ., PC ( born August 16 , 1950 ) is a former Canadian politician , and a member of the ___MASK43___ . He is a former cabinet minister in Alberta , who later served as leader of the Canadian Alliance from 2000 to 2001 . Day was MP for the riding of Okanagan  Coquihalla in British Columbia and the president of the Treasury Board . He was widely seen as a prominent voice for social conservatives within the Conservative Party . On March 12 , 2011 , Day announced that he would not be seeking re - election in the 2011 federal election . The Democratic Representative Caucus was a group of Members of the Canadian Parliament who left the ___MASK89___ in 2001 in protest against the leadership of Stockwell Day . Following the Alliance ' s disappointing performance in the 2000 election , Day came under severe criticism from his own party . Several high - profile Alliance MPs began publicly calling for him to step down . Through the spring of 2001 , several members of the Alliance resigned their shadow cabinet seats , the most high - profile resignation being that of deputy leader Deborah Grey . The ___MASK43___ , 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 ___MASK89___ , 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 ___MASK12___ 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 . Charles `` Chuck '' Strahl , PC ( born February 25 , 1957 ) is a Canadian businessman and politician . He was a Member of Parliament from 1993 to 2011 . First elected for the ___MASK11___ , he was a prominent member of the Democratic Representative Caucus that ousted Stockwell Day as leader . When the Conservatives won power in 2006 he became a prominent cabinet minister , serving as Minister of Agriculture , Indian and Northern Affairs , and Transportation . On June 14 , 2012 , Strahl was appointed to serve a 5 - year term as chair of the Security Intelligence Review Committee , but resigned in controversy over conflict of interest accusations resulting from his lobbying efforts for oil and pipeline companies . Deborah Cleland Grey , ( born July 1 , 1952 ) is a Canadian former Member of Parliament from Alberta for the ___MASK12___ , the Canadian Alliance , and the ___MASK43___ . She was the first female Leader of the Opposition in Canadian history .