Crossword #3

2. Questions Another name for question period.
3. House Another name for the House of Commons.
4. General A person appointed by our Monarch, on the advice of the Prime Minister, to be the Monarch’s representative in Canada.
6. To place a document before the Senate, the House of Commons or a committee for consideration.
7. Leader An appointed Member of every party that manages its business in the House of Commons.
8. A rule for all Canadians made by Senators, Members of Parliament and the Governor General through discussion and voting.
10. Monarchy a system in which the powers of the Monarch are limited by the written or unwritten constitution of the country.
12. The Upper House of Parliament is made up of 105 Senators.
13. The specific geographic area in Canada that a Member of Parliament represents in the House of Commons.
15. 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.
19. of Commons One of three parts of Parliament, MPs meet and debate in the House of Commons Chamber.
20. A group of Senators, Members of the Parliament, or both, selected to study a specific subject or bill and write a report about it.
21. of State Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen of Canada, is our Head of State. She is represented in Canada by the Governor General.
22. The political party with the most members elected to the House of Commons usually forms the Government.

1. A king or queen of a country.
3. Bills that are passed by Parliament.
5. process The steps by which bills are approved by Parliament and becomes laws.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. A member of the Senate or House of Commons who does not belong to a political party.
14. A person living in an area in Canada represented by a Member of Parliament.
16. All political parties and Independent Members who do not belong to the governing party.
17. Groups Groups of businesses, associations and people with a common interest who ask MPs or Senators to speak for them and promote their interests.
18. House: Another name for the Senate.