Government

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Across
  1. 4. 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. 5. The agreement by the provinces to join together to form the nation of Canada and create a federal Parliament.
  3. 6. To pick one person from a group of several people by voting.
  4. 7. One of the three parts of Parliament. MPs meet and debate in the House of Commons Chamber.
  5. 10. To change or improve something.
  6. 11. A special title given to Senators and Cabinet Ministers for life, and to the Speaker of the House of Commons as long as he or she is the Speaker.
  7. 13. To place a document before the Senate, the House of Commons or a committee for consideration.
  8. 16. Members of both the Senate and the House of Commons.
  9. 20. A formal event that follows rules or traditions.
  10. 21. 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.
  11. 22. The Member of Parliament or Senator in a political party who is responsible for keeping other party Members informed about the Chamber's business and making sure they are present in the Chamber.
  12. 25. A large, heavy, silver-and-gold-covered staff that is a symbol of the power and authority of Parliament.
  13. 27. Groups of businesses, associations and people with a common interest who ask MPs or Senators to speak for them and promote their interest.
  14. 28. A group of Senators, MPs, or both, selected to study a specific subject or bill and write a report about it.
  15. 29. 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.
  16. 30. The last stage before a bill becomes a law.
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  1. 1. The city where a country's legislature is located and the government carries out its business
  2. 2. The periods into which a Parliament is divided.
  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 senior official in the Senate, and the main advisor to the Speaker of the Senate and to Senators regarding the Senate's rules and procedures.
  5. 8. 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.
  6. 9. 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.
  7. 12. A proposal for a law to be considered by Parliament.
  8. 14. Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen of Canada, is our Head of State. She is represented in Canada by the Governor General.
  9. 15. The daily official record of debates in the Senate and the House of Commons in English and French.
  10. 17. Of two chambers, or rooms. Canada's Parliament is made up of two separate Chambers. They are the Senate and the House of Commons.
  11. 18. A person appointed to the Upper House of Parliament by the Governor General on advice of the PM.
  12. 19. The government of Canada that acts and speaks for the whole country.
  13. 21. A group made up of all Senators and Members of Parliament from the same political party. Caucuses meet regularly.
  14. 23. A Member of the Senate or House of Commons who does not belong to a political party.
  15. 24. The government's plan for how it will collect and spend money each year.
  16. 26. To choose a representative in an election.