Canadian and World Politics
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Links to Websites of Current Key Politicians

Key Canadian Politicians

Governor General (Her Excellency The Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean)
Prime Minister (The Right Honourable Stephen Harper)
Chief Justice (and Deputy Governor General) (The Right Honourable Madam Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin)
Speaker of the Senate (The Honourable Noël Kinsella)
Speaker of the House of Commons (The Honourable Peter Milliken)
Cabinet
- Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (The Honourable Rob Nicholson)
- Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics (The Honourable David Emerson)
- Minister of Labour and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec (The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn)
- Minister of Veterans Affairs (The Honourable Greg Thompson)
- Leader of the Government in the Senate (The Honourable Senator Marjory LeBreton)
- Minister of Human Resources and Social Development (The Honourable Monte Solberg)
- Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board (The Honourable Chuck Strahl)
- Minister of Natural Resources (The Honourable Gary Lunn)
- Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (The Honourable Peter MacKay)
- Minister of Fisheries and Oceans (The Honourable Loyola Hearn)
- Minister of Public Safety (The Honourable Stockwell Day)
- Minister of National Revenue (The Honourable Carol Skelton)
- President of the Treasury Board (The Honourable Vic Toews)
- President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, and Minister of Western Economic Diversification (The Honourable Rona Ambrose)
- Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (The Honourable Diane Finley)
- Minister of National Defence (Brigadier-General The Honourable Gordon O'Connor)
- Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women (The Honourable Bev Oda)
- Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians (The Honourable Jim Prentice)
- Minister of the Environment (The Honourable John Baird)
- Minister of Industry (The Honourable Maxime Bernier)
- Minister of Transport, Infrastructure, and Communities (The Honourable Lawrence Cannon)
- Minister of Health and the Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario (The Honourable Tony Clement)
- Minister of Finance (The Honourable Jim Flaherty)
- Minister of International Cooperation and Minister for La Francophonie and Official Languages (The Honourable Josée Verner)
- Minister of Public Works and Government Services (The Honourable Senator Michael Fortier)
- Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform (The Honourable Peter Van Loan)

Key American Politicians

President (His Excellency The Honorable George W. Bush)
Vice President (and President of the Senate) (Dick Cheney)
Speaker of the House of Representatives (Nancy Pelosi)
President Pro Tempore of the Senate (Robert Byrd)
Cabinet
- Secretary of State (Dr. The Honorable Condoleezza Rice)
- Secretary of the Treasury (The Honorable John Snow)
- Secretary of Defense (Dr. The Honorable Bob Gates)
- Attorney General (The Honorable Alberto Gonzales)
- Secretary of the Interior (The Honorable Gale Norton)
- Secretary of Agriculture (The Honorable Mike Johanns)
- Secretary of Commerce (The Honorable Carlos Gutierrez)
- Secretary of Labor (The Honorable Elaine Chao)
- Secretary of Health & Human Services (The Honorable Michael Leavitt)
- Secretary of Housing & Urban Development (The Honorable Alphonso Jackson)
- Secretary of Transportation (The Honorable Mary Peters)
- Secretary of Energy (The Honorable Samuel Bodman)
- Secretary of Education (The Honorable Margaret Spellings)
- Secretary of Veterans' Affairs (Colonel The Honorable Jim Nicholson)
- Secretary of Homeland Security (The Honorable Michael Chertoff)