Government #4

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Across
  1. 3. a formal event that follows rules or traditions
  2. 7. a discussion in which the arguments for and against a subjected are presented according to specific rules
  3. 13. this person is responsible for overseeing all federal elections
  4. 18. groups of businesses, associations, and people with a commons interest who ask MP's or Senators to speak for them and promote their interests
  5. 19. a special title given to Senators and Cabinet Masters for life, and to the speaker of the House of Commons
  6. 20. of two chambers or rooms
  7. 21. the political party that forms the Government
  8. 25. a change that is made to a bill, a motion pr a committee report with the intention of improving it
  9. 26. an appointed Member of each party that manages its business in the House of Commons
  10. 28. a king or queen of a country
  11. 29. the goverenment of Canada that acts and speaks for the whole country
  12. 30. another name for House of Commons
Down
  1. 1. a person who has full political and civil rights in his or her country
  2. 2. a large, heavy, silver and gold-covered staff that is a symbol of the power and the authority of the Parliament
  3. 4. all political parties and independent Members who do not belong to a governing party
  4. 5. Queen Elizabeth II is our (3 words)
  5. 6. a Senator or a Member of the House of Commons
  6. 8. the bringing to an end of a Parliament
  7. 9. bills that are passed by Parliament
  8. 10. the steps by which bills are approved by Parliament and become laws
  9. 11. the minister responsible for managing Government's business in the House
  10. 12. a proposal by a member for either the Senate or House of Commons to do something
  11. 14. one of three parts of Parliament
  12. 15. the set of rules that countries work to follow
  13. 16. a person who speaks for you
  14. 17. a member of the Senate or House of Commons does not belong to a political party
  15. 22. another name for question period
  16. 23. another name for a backbencher
  17. 24. the specific geographic area in Canada that a MP represents for the House of Commons
  18. 27. a rule for all Canadians made by Senators, MP's, and the Governor General through discussion and voting