Giorno graduating from the University of Toronto’s law school in 1989, he wrote speeches for Mike Harris in his 1990 Ontario Tory leadership run. Giorno served an adviser and Chief of Staff to then
Premier of Ontario Mike Harris in 2000. Giorno along with Mike Harris were seen as the only two insiders within the Ontario Progressive Party sympathetic to the Reform Party. During the
2008 federal election, Paul Wells questioned if Giorno improved the fortune of the OPC after he became chief of staff to 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. During his time, Ministers who worked with him during the Harris government underneath his tenure as Chief of Staff such as Finance Minister
Jim Flaherty, Industry Minister
Tony Clement, and, particularly, Transport Minister
John Baird rose in prominence. During the
2017 Conservative race,
Brad Trost demanded that he should pay back moving expense, Giorno made eight years ago. 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. He also served as national campaign chair in 2015. He was investigated and cleared by the party due to his role in the sexual assault cases against former MP
Rick Dykstra. Macleans's noted that Giorno advocated for the removal of Dykstra. In February 2017, Giorno was named Chief Integrity Officer and Lobbyist Registrar for the city of
Brampton, Ontario, effective April 1 of that year. He later left in 2019 due to his relationship with
Patrick Brown, who elected as Mayor of Brampton in 2018. He later became an anti-bribery lawyer for the Toronto law firm Fasken. Giorno currently serves as Integrity Commissioner for
North Bay, Ontario—a position he has held since 2019. A devout and conservative Roman Catholic, Giorno is a Canadian member of
Opus Dei. == References ==