Min.

of Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebee Jean-Pierre

Min. of The Federal Economic Development Initiative for Mothern Ontario Tony CLEMENT

Min. Of Environment John BAIRD

Min. Of Finance Jim FLAHERTY

Min. Of Fisheries and Oceans Loyola HEARN

Min. Of Foreign Affairs Maxine BERNIER

Min. Of Health Tony CLEMENT

Min. Of Human Resources and Social Developmet Monte SOLBERG

Min. Of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Metis and
Non-status Canadians Chuck STHARL

Min. Of industry Jim PRENTICE

Min. Of Intergovernmental Affairs Rona AMBORSE

Min. Of International Cooperation Bev ODA

Min. Of Trade David EMERSON

Min. Of Justice and Attorney General Rob NICHOLSON

Min. Of La Francophonie and Official Languanges Josee VERNER

Min. Of labor Jean-Pierre BLACKBURN

Min. Of National Defense Peter MACKAY

Min. Of National Revenue Gordon O’CONNOR

Min. Of Natural Resources Gary LUNN

Min. Of The Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics David EMERSON

Min. Of sSafety and Emergency Prepedness Stockwell DAY

Min. Of Works and Goverment Services Michael FORTIER

Min. of Transport, Infrastructure, and Commun Lawrence CANNON

Min. Of Veterans Affairs Greg THOMPSON

Pres., Queen’s Privy Council Rona AMBORSE

Pres., Treasury Board Vie TOEWS

Leaders of the Government in the House Peter VAN LOAN

Leader of the Government in the Senate Marjory LEBRETON

Governor. Bank of Canad David DODGE

Permanent Respresentative to the UN, New York John MCNEE

--as of 2007

Leader Bioghraphy
Editor’s Note:

Following the 2006 election, Stephen Harper’s Conservative Party won a plurality of seats in
parliament was expected to form a new minority government> Harper was educated as an
Economist and had been an author of the Reform Party;s ultra-conservative platform. He
was also instrumental in the integration of the Alberta-based Reform Party”s
metamorphosis into the national Alliance Party-Later the orchestrated the merging of the
Reform/AlliancE Party wit the standpoint Progressive Conservative Party.

A bid to win the 2004 elections ended in defeat, however, Harper had another chance in
early 2006 after outgoing Prime Minister Paul Martin,s Liberals lost a vote of confidence in
parliament and had to call new elections. In thee 2006 elections, with voters still reelimg
from a scandal involving the previous Liberal adminidtration in wich leaderss in the party’s
French-speaking province of Quebec took kickbacks in return goverment contracts,
Canadians approached the pools. Harper had been hoping to win an outright majority in his
second bid for the prime minister’s office and polls showed the Conservatives with a stong
lead, Election day, however, would result in Harper indeed winning the prime minister’s
office, but not with an outright majority.

Indeed, as hesd of aminority government, Harper will have to work with three parties – each
of them philosophically located to the left of the Conservative, Accordingly, Conservative
proporsals such as cutting the national sales tax by 1 percenbt reexamining the country’s
involevement in the Kyoto Protocol could prove inhospitable. With those issues facing
lawmakers, radical policy changes seem unlikely to occur along the Canadian Political
landscapeany time soon.

Coslition-building, compromise and creative consensus will prove key to the futur succes of
Harper”s governance, while the role of primr minister may shift from that of an executive to
a faciliator in the new minority government.

A short bioghrafy of Stephen Harper follows:

The Right Honorourable Stephen Joseph Harper

Uprime Minister of Canada

“Stephen Harper was in as Canada’s 22nd Prime Minister on February 6, 2006.

Mr. Harper was first elected to the house of Commons in the 1993 federal election as the
Reform Party’s candidate in Calgary West. He left Parliament in 1997 to become Vice
President (and later President) of the National Citizen’s Coalition,a prominent Canadian
advocacy organization. In 2002, he became Leader of Opposition after winning the
leadership of the Canadian Alliance and a subsequent by-election on Calgary Southwest.

In 2003, Mr. Harper leader co-founded the Conservative Party of Canada and went to
contest and win the new party’s leadership.

As conservative leader, Mr. Harper ran in the 2004 federal election and increased the
Conservatives’ standing in the House ooof Commons by 25 seats, including an important
breakthrough in Ontario. On January 23, 2006, Mr.Harper led the Conservative Party to
power by winning 124 seats in Canada’s 39th federal election.

As Primre Minister, Mr. Harper is commited to building a Canada that remains strong,
united, independent and free. He is commited to enacting accountability measures for
government, lowering taxes for working families, reforming the criminal justice system,
helping parents cope with the costs of child care and negotiating a panient guarantee with
the provinces.

Stephen Harper was born on April 30, 1959, in Toronto, Ontario. He moved to Alberta in
1978 to work in the petroleum industry and went on to obtain both a bachelor’s and
master’s degree in economics from the University of Calgary. Mr. Harper and his wife,
Laureen (Teskey) Harper, have two children, Benjamin and Ranchel, and maintain a
permanent home in Calgary.”

Source: Government of Canada; avaible at URL:

http://www.pm.gc/eng/eng.asp?id=38