Crown Head of State – Queen Elizabeth II Federal government Governor General – Ray Hnatyshyn then Roméo LeBlanc Cabinet Prime Minister – Jean Chrétien Deputy Prime Minister – Sheila Copps Minister of Finance – Paul Martin Secretary of State for External Affairs – André Ouellet (replaced by position of Minister of Foreign Affairs on May 13.) Minister of National Defence – David Collenette Minister of National Health and Welfare – Diane Marleau Minister of Industry, Science and Technology – John Manley (merged with the Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs position on March 28 to become Minister of Industry) Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs – Marcel Massé Minister of the Environment – Sheila Copps Minister of Justice – Allan Rock Minister of Transport – Doug Young Minister of Communications – Michel Dupuy Minister of Citizenship and Immigration – Sergio Marchi Minister of Fisheries and Oceans – Brian Tobin Minister of Agriculture – Ralph Goodale Minister of Public Works – David Dingwall Minister of Employment and Immigration – Lloyd Axworthy Minister of Natural Resources – Anne McLellan (position created on January 12) Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources – Anne McLellan (position discontinued on January 11) Minister of Forestry – Anne McLellan (position discontinued on January 11) Members of Parliament See: 35th Canadian parliament Party leaders Liberal Party of Canada – Jean Chrétien Bloc Québécois – Lucien Bouchard New Democratic Party- Audrey McLaughlin then Alexa McDonough Progressive Conservative Party of Canada – Jean Charest Reform Party of Canada – Preston Manning Supreme Court Justices Chief Justice: Antonio Lamer Beverley McLachlin Frank Iacobucci John C. Major Gérard V. La Forest John Sopinka Peter deCarteret Cory Claire L'Heureux-Dubé Charles D. Gonthier Other Speaker of the House of Commons – Gilbert Parent Governor of the Bank of Canada – Gordon Thiessen Chief of the Defence Staff – General John de Chastelain General Jean Boyle Provinces Premiers Premier of Alberta – Ralph Klein Premier of British Columbia – Mike Harcourt Premier of Manitoba – Gary Filmon Premier of New Brunswick – Frank McKenna Premier of Newfoundland – Clyde Wells Premier of Nova Scotia – John Savage Premier of Ontario – Bob Rae then Mike Harris Premier of Prince Edward Island – Catherine Callbeck Premier of Quebec – Jacques Parizeau Premier of Saskatchewan – Roy Romanow Premier of the Northwest Territories – Nellie Cournoyea then Don Morin Premier of Yukon – John Ostashek Lieutenant-governors Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta