2004 in Canada
Events from the year 2004 in Canada. Incumbents Crown Monarch – Elizabeth II Federal government Governor General – Adrienne Clarkson Prime Minister – Paul Martin Chief Justice – Beverley McLachlin (British Columbia) Parliament – 37th (until 23 May) then 38th (from October 4) Provincial governments Lieutenant governors Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Lois Hole Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Iona Campagnolo Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Peter Liba (until June 30) then John Harvard Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Herménégilde Chiasson Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador – Edward Roberts Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Myra Freeman Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – James Bartleman Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Léonce Bernard Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Lise Thibault Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Lynda Haverstock Premiers Premier of Alberta – Ralph Klein Premier of British Columbia – Gordon Campbell Premier of Manitoba – Gary Doer Premier of New Brunswick – Bernard Lord Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador – Danny Williams Premier of Nova Scotia – John Hamm Premier of Ontario – Dalton McGuinty Premier of Prince Edward Island – Pat Binns Premier of Quebec – Jean Charest Premier of Saskatchewan – Lorne Calvert Territorial governments Commissioners Commissioner of Yukon – Jack Cable Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Glenna Hansen Commissioner of Nunavut – Peter Irniq Premiers Premier of the Northwest Territories – Joe Handley Premier of Nunavut – Paul Okalik Premier of Yukon – Dennis Fentie Events January January 1 – Montreal Dorval Airport is renamed, after some controversy, Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport. January 5 – Canadian dollar value climbs above $0.78 US, for the first time since July 1993. January 12 – Stephen Harper enters leadership race for the new Conservative Party of Canada. January 13 – U.S. President George W. Bush allows Canada to bid for contracts in Iraq. January 16 – Race begins in 2004 Nunavut general election. January 19 – Government of Canada challenges Department of Justice against repayment of benefits to same-sex couples dating back to 1985. January 19 – The Sûreté du Québec announce a new police force to fight organized crime. January 22 – Montreal's Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine warns of a former surgeon who may have infected 2,600 patients with HIV, by letter. January 27 – a Canadian soldier, Corporal Jamie Murphy, is killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan. Three other soldiers are also injured. January 29 – North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer requests Canadian soldiers to keep a presence in Afghanistan after the scheduled return of troops in August. January 30 – The Supreme Court of Canada upholds a law allowing parents to spank their children within "reasonable limits". February February 2 – The Speech from the Throne is read by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson in the Senate chamber. February 6 – Canadian SPCA finds 100 dead cows and 100 more being improperly cared for, on an Alberta farm. February 6 – The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation announces it will