Harper, leader of the Conservative Party, took office as Prime Minister of Canada on February 6, 2006.
Beginning in the summer of 2006, wider use of the term was encouraged by the Harper government in Canada's public service, however policies for its use were unclear.
The phrase was quietly dropped in October 2007, with most references reverting to the "Government of Canada".
[1] Issues regarding usage of the phrase within the public service culminated in a situation where Andrew Okulitch, a retired research scientist and at that time a scientist emeritus with the Geological Survey of Canada, refused to comply with a communications directive from Natural Resources Canada that specified employees use the term.
"[5] This was confirmed by Minister of Natural Resources, Gary Lunn, who said there was no expectation for anyone in the department to use the slogan.