The head of the judiciary of Canada is the Right Honourable Madam Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, P.C., the Chief Justice of Canada. The Chief Justice sits on the Supreme Court of Canada, alongside eight puisne justices; the Chief Justice is also a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada. Mme Chief Justice McLachlin was promoted to Chief Justice on 7 January 2000 by the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson (then the Governor General) on the advice of the Right Honourable Jean Chrétien (then the prime minister).