Mike Harris' Common Sense Revolution

On June 8 1995 the Mike Harris Conservative government was elected to power in the Province of Ontario. Harris throughout his campaign at the time talked of tax cuts, job creation among many other promises in the overall goal of balancing the budget and making Ontario a better place to live. As such, through Harris' "Common Sense" revolution platform, he outlined how it was going to be done and what he wanted to do in order to …

…that have been introduced in this most recent budget and budgets of the past are paving the way for a better Ontario. An Ontario with fewer people on welfare, more people with jobs, more money in the hands of the people, less red tape and a booming economy. Bibliography Eves, Ernie, Q.C., 1999 Ontario Budget: Budget Speech. Toronto: Queen's Printer for Ontario, 1999. Eves, Ernie, Q.C., 1999 Ontario Budget: Budget Papers. Toronto: Queen's Printer for Ontario, 1999.