Government (30)
Across
- 4. the city where a country's legislature is located and the government carries out its business.
- 7. a group of senators. MP's or both selected to study a specific subject or bill and write a report about it.
- 9. A king or queen of a country.
- 10. the specific geographic area in Canada that a MP represents in the House of Commons.
- 12. An appointed Member of every party that manages its business in the House of Commons.
- 15. to choose a representative in an election
- 17. A proposal for a law to be considered my Parliament.
- 19. Bills that are passed my Parliament.
- 22. A change that is made to a bill, a motion or a committee report with the intention of improving it.
- 23. the government of Canada that acts and speaks for the whole country.
- 27. another name for questioning period.
- 29. to change or improve something
Down
- 1. a person living in an area in Canada represented by a member of Parliament.
- 2. A large, heavy, silver-and-gold-covered staff that is a symbol of the power and authority of Parliament.
- 3. the bringing to an end of a parliament.
- 4. a formal event that follows rules or traditions
- 5. the set of rules that a country like Canada follows to work as a nation.
- 6. the political party with the most member usually forms this.
- 8. a system in which the powers of the monarch are limited by the written or unwritten constitution of the country.
- 11. Person with full political rights.
- 13. A special title given to Governors General, Prime Ministers and Chief Justices of the supreme court of Canada.
- 14. Someone elected to a seat in the House of Commons.
- 16. the daily official record of debates in the senate and the House of Commons in English and French
- 18. on of two large rooms in the Center block of the parliament buildings.
- 20. the political party that forms the government because more of its members were elected to the House of Commons that from any other party.
- 21. Person in charge of a meeting. This person directs the discussion of business in a Senate or a House of Commons
- 24. A discussion in which the arguments for and against a subject are presented according to specific rules.
- 25. House Another name for the House of Commons.
- 26. All political parties and independent Members who do not belong to the governing party.
- 28. To pick one person from a group of several people by voting.