Some of the same members of Mike Harris's Ontario conservative government are now prominent cabinet ministers in Harper's government. Back in Ontario they coined their conservative philosophy "The Common Sense Revolution" ( their name for cutting programs they didn't like and restructuring government handouts to cities and municipalities, schools, hospitals and health care institutions ) It lead to numerous hospital closings, city & municipality amalgamations who were forced to take over enormous social responsibilities, and massive education cuts. I laughed when they appointed John Snobelen, a grade 11 high school dropout as the Minister of Education and training - that's how much common sense these guys had! He messed that up so bad, they then put him in an environmental portfolio where He actually repented a bit by protecting public land and canceling the spring bear hunt. But later they discovered He spent most of his time at his ranch in Oklahoma while still being paid to be a member of the Ontario parliament. Read all about him here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Snobelen    These are very trustworthy folks! They left power with everything in a complete mess and handed Ontario a record deficit. Canada - we're next.