Government
Across
- 2. Of two chambers, or rooms; Canada's Parliament is made up of two separate Chambers- the Senate and the House of Commons
- 3. Another name for the House of Commons
- 4. A discussion in which the arguments for and against a subject are presented according to specific rules
- 7. A person living in an area in Canada represented by an MP
- 8. A group of Senators and Members of Parliament from the same political party; they meet regularly
- 9. A large, heavy, silver-and-gold-covered staff that is a symbol of the power ans authority of Parliament
- 12. A special title given to Senators and Cabinet Ministers for life, and to the Speaker of the House of Commons as long as he of she is the Speaker
- 15. A Senator or a Member of the House of Commons
- 17. To pick one person from a group of several people by voting
- 18. The Upper House of Parliament
Down
- 1. A Member of the Senate or House of Commons who does not belong to a political party
- 5. The agreement by the provinces to join together to form the nation of Canada and create an federal Parliament
- 6. A person who has full political and civil rights in his or her country
- 7. A formal event that follows rules or traditions
- 8. A group of Senators, MPs, or both, selected to study a specific subject of bill and write a report about it
- 10. The governments's plan for how it will collect and spend money
- 11. The city where a country's legislature is located and the government carries out its business
- 13. Another name for questioning periods
- 14. The The daily official record of debates in the Senate and the House of Commons in English and French
- 16. A king or queen of a country