Government

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Across
  1. 2. To change or improve something; for example, a law or an Act of Parliament
  2. 6. A group of Senators, Member of Parliament, or both, selected to study a specific or bill and write a report about it.
  3. 8. The periods into which a Parliament is divided.
  4. 9. Canada's Parliament is composed of the Monarch, the Senate and the House of Commons.
  5. 11. A proposal for the law to be considered by Parliament
  6. 12. A person who speaks for you.
  7. 15. A king or queen of a country.
  8. 17. A university student who works for the Senate or the House of Commons.
  9. 18. The process of choosing a representative by vote.
  10. 20. A meeting of the Senate or of the House of Commons within a session.
  11. 23. The political party with the most members elected to the House of Commons usually forms the Government.
  12. 24. To pick one person from a group of several people by voting.
  13. 25. A rule for all Canadians made by Senators, Members of Parliament and the Governor General through discussion and voting.
  14. 26. A group made up of all Senators and Members of Parliament from the same political party.
  15. 27. A member of the Senate or House of Commons who does not belong to a political party.
  16. 29. The government's plan for how it will collect and spend money each year.
Down
  1. 1. Of two chambers, or rooms
  2. 2. A change that is made to a bill, a motion or a committee report with the intention of improving it.
  3. 3. The set of rules that a country like Canada follows to work as a nation.
  4. 4. A person living in an area in Canada represented by a Member of Parliament.
  5. 5. The city where a country's legislature is located and the government carries out its business.
  6. 6. The cabinet is a group of all Ministers (mostly from the House of Commons and at least one from the Senate.
  7. 7. One of two large rooms in the centre block of the parliament buildings.
  8. 10. Bills that are passed by Parliament.
  9. 13. A senator or a Member of House of Commons.
  10. 14. A person who has full political and civil rights in his or her country.
  11. 16. All political parties and independent Members who do not belong to the governing party.
  12. 19. The person in charge of a meeting.
  13. 21. To choose a representative in an election
  14. 22. The Upper House of Parliament is made up of 105 Senators.
  15. 28. A discussion in which the arguments for and against a subject are presented according to specific rules.
  16. 30. (Verb) To place a document before the Senate, the House of Commons or a committee for consideration.