Canada's Government

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  1. 1. Leader An appointed Member of every party that manages its business in the House of Commons.
  2. 2. The set of rules that a country like Canada follows to work as a nation.
  3. 3. To change or improve something.
  4. 7. The political party that forms the Government because more of its members were elected to the House of Commons than from any other party.
  5. 9. A proposal by a Member for either the Senate or the House of Commons to do something.
  6. 10. The specific geographic area in Canada that a Member of Parliament represents in the House of Commons.
  7. 13. A group made up of all Senators and MPs from the same political party.
  8. 15. A proposal for a law to be considered by Parliament.
  9. 17. All political parties and independent Members who do not belong to the governing party.
  10. 18. A university stuf=dent who works for the Senate or the House of Commons.
  11. 22. A Member of the Senate or House of Commons who does not belong to a political party.
  12. 24. The government of Canada that acts and speaks for the whole country.
  13. 25. A group of all ministers.
  14. 26. Bills that are passed by Parliament.
  15. 27. To pick one person from a group of several people by voting.
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  1. 1. Queen Elizabeth II is the ___.
  2. 2. The agreement by the provinces to join together to form the nation of Canada and create a federal Parliament.
  3. 4. A large, heavy, silver and gold-covered staff that is a symbol of the power and authority of the Parliament.
  4. 5. A formal event that follows rules or traditions.
  5. 6. A person who has full political and civil rights in his or her country.
  6. 8. The political party that usually has the second largest number of MPs elected to the House of Commons.
  7. 11. The process of choosing a representative by vote.
  8. 12. A person appointed by our Monarch, on the advice of the PM, to be the Monarch's representative in Canada.
  9. 14. One of the three parts of Parliament where MPs meet and debate.
  10. 16. Another name for the House of Commons.
  11. 19. Another name for question period.
  12. 20. The king or queen of a country.
  13. 21. One of the two large rooms in the Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings.
  14. 23. A person living in an area in Canada represented by a Member of Parliament.
  15. 26. A rule for all Canadians, made my Senators, MPs, and the Governor General through discussion and voting.