Crown Head of State – Queen Elizabeth II Federal government Governor General – Roméo LeBlanc Cabinet Prime Minister – Jean Chrétien Deputy Prime Minister – Sheila Copps then Herb Gray Minister of Finance – Paul Martin Minister of Foreign Affairs – Lloyd Axworthy Minister of National Defence – Doug Young then Art Eggleton Minister of Health – David Dingwall then Allan Rock Minister of Industry – John Manley Minister of Heritage – Sheila Copps Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs – Stéphane Dion Minister of the Environment – Sergio Marchi then Christine Stewart Minister of Justice – Allan Rock then Anne McLellan Minister of Transport – David Anderson then David Collenette Minister of Citizenship and Immigration – Lucienne Robillard Minister of Fisheries and Oceans – Fred Mifflin then David Anderson Minister of Agriculture – Ralph Goodale then Lyle Vanclief Minister of Public Works and Government Services – Diane Marleau then Alfonso Gagliano Minister of Human Resources Development – Pierre Pettigrew Minister of Natural Resources – Anne McLellan then Ralph Goodale Members of Parliament See: 35th Canadian parliament, 36th Canadian parliament Party leaders Liberal Party of Canada – Jean Chrétien Bloc Québécois – Michel Gauthier then Gilles Duceppe New Democratic Party- 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 then Michel Bastarache John Sopinka (retired November 24) 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 – Vice-Admiral Larry Murray then General Maurice Baril Provinces Premiers Premier of Alberta – Ralph Klein Premier of British Columbia – Glen Clark Premier of Manitoba – Gary Filmon Premier of New Brunswick – Frank McKenna then Raymond Frenette Premier of Newfoundland – Brian Tobin Premier of Nova Scotia – John Savage then Russell MacLellan Premier of Ontario – Mike Harris Premier of Prince Edward Island – Pat Binns Premier of Quebec – Lucien Bouchard Premier of Saskatchewan – Roy Romanow Premier of the Northwest Territories – Don Morin Premier of Yukon – Piers McDonald Lieutenant-governors Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta – Bud Olson Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia – Garde Gardom Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba – Yvon Dumont Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick – Margaret Norrie McCain then Marilyn Trenholme Counsell