Government

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Across
  1. 1. The person in charge of a meeting. This person directs the discussion of business in a Senate or a House of Commons committee meeting.
  2. 6. The leader of the party in power and the Head of Government.
  3. 8. Of two chambers, or rooms. Canada's Parliament is made up of two separate Chambers. They are the Senate and the House of Commons.
  4. 11. The Upper House of Parliament.
  5. 12. The Cabinet is a group of all Ministers. The Cabinet makes decisions about the Government's priorities and policies, the legislation that will be presented to Parliament, and how to collect and spend money.
  6. 14. The government of Canada that acts and speaks for the whole country.
  7. 18. A person appointed by our Monarch, on the advice of the PM, to be the Monarch's representative in Canada. The Governor General is appointed for a term of five years.
  8. 19. The bringing to an end of a Parliament, either at the end of its four-year term or if the government is defeated on a motion of non-confidence, by proclamation of the Governor General on the advice of the PM. It is followed by a general election.
Down
  1. 1. A group made up of all Senators and Members of Parliament from the same political party. Caucuses meet regularly.
  2. 2. A king of queen of a country.
  3. 3. The political party that forms the Government because more of its members were elected to the House of Commons than from any other party.
  4. 4. The set of rules that a country like Canada follows to work as a nation. It includes the Constitution Acts of 1867 and 1982, but is not limited to them.
  5. 5. Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen of Canada, is our Head of State. She is represented in Canada by the Governor General.
  6. 7. Members of both the Senate and the House of Commons.
  7. 9. To change or improve something.
  8. 10. A proposal for a law to be considered by Parliament.
  9. 13. One of the three parts of Parliament. MPs meet and debate in the House of Commons Chamber.
  10. 15. Another word for constituency or electoral district.
  11. 16. A large, heavy, silver-and-gold-covered staff that is a symbol of the power and authority of Parliament.
  12. 17. The agreement by the provinces to join together to form the nation of Canada and create a federal Parliament.
  13. 20. All political parties and independent Members who do not belong to the government party.
  14. 21. A Member of the Senate or House of Commons who does not belong to a political party.