Guy Giorno

Guy Giorno
12th Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister
In office
July 1, 2008 – January 1, 2011
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Preceded by Ian Brodie
Succeeded by Nigel Wright
Chief of Staff to the Premier of Ontario
In office
2000–2002
Premier Mike Harris
Succeeded by Steve Pengelly
Personal details
Born 1965 (age 52–53)
Toronto, Ontario
Political party Conservative
Alma mater University of Toronto
Profession Lawyer

Guy Giorno (born 1965) is a Canadian lawyer and conservative political activist.[1] 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.[2][3] He was blamed for several strategic missteps by the Harper government, including a 2008 measure to strip political parties of their public funding that nearly led the government to fall, and an unpopular move to prorogue Parliament in January, 2010; he was also assumed to have pushed for the government's outlawing of Canadian foreign aid funding going to organizations overseas that were involved with abortion.[4] 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 Conservative Party's re-election effort.

In February of 2017, Giorno was named Chief Integrity Officer and Lobbyist Registrar for the city of Brampton, Ontario, effective April 1 of that year.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Guy Giorno". University of Toronto.
  2. ↑ Campion-Smith, Bruce, "PM's top aide stepping down", Toronto Star, May 21, 2008
  3. ↑ Laghi, Brian and Galloway, Gloria, "Brodie to leave as Harper's chief of staff", Globe and Mail, May 21, 2008
  4. ↑ Geddes, John (31 May 2010). "Guy Giorno: national man of mystery". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  5. ↑ Criscione, Peter (10 February 2017). "Former Mike Harris staffer named Brampton's new integrity commissioner". Brampton Guardian. Metroland Media Group. Retrieved 8 June 2018.


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