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3. A group of Senators, Members of the Parliament, or both, selected to study a specific subject or bill and write a report about it.
5. Charter of Rights and Freedoms: An important part of the Canadian constitution that ensures all people in Canada are guaranteed certain basic human rights and freedoms.
6. of the House of Commons The senior official in the Commons, and the main advisor to the the Speaker and Members of the House of Commons regarding House rules and procedures.
7. The city where a country's legislature is located and the government carries out its business. The capital city of Canada is Ottawa. Each province and territory also has a capital city and a legislature.
8. The specific geographic area in Canada that a Member of Parliament represents in the House of Commons.
10. General A person appointed by our Monarch, on the advice of the Prime Minister, to be the Monarch’s representative in Canada.
12. Government The government of Canada that acts and speaks for the whole country.
14. The set of rules that a country like Canada follows to work as a nation. It includes the Constitution Acts of 1867 and 1893, but is not limited to them.
15. The agreement by the provinces to join together to form the nation of Canada and create a federal Parliament. This happened in 1867 with four present-day provinces: Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

1. Block The Parliament Buildings have three parts (West Block, Centre Block and East Block). The House of Commons and the Senate Chambers are in the Centre Block. It is recognizable by the Peace Tower with the clock
2. of the senate The senior official in the Senate, and the main advisor to the Speaker of the Senators regarding the Senate's rules and procedures. The Clerk is also Clerk of the Parliaments and is responsible for all legislation passed by Parliament.
3. A person living in an area in Canada represented by a Member of Parliament.
4. A group made up of all Senators and Members of Parliament from the same political party. Caucuses meet regularly.
8. Monarchy a system in which the powers of the Monarch are limited by the written or unwritten constitution of the country.
9. To pick one person from a group of several people by voting.
10. Party The political party that forms the Government because more of its members were elected to the House of Commons.
11. A person who has full political and civil rights in his or her country
13. The political party with the most members elected to the House of Commons usually forms the Government.
16. A discussion in which the arguments for and against a subject are presented according to specific rules.