Social Studies 9 Democracy

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Across
  1. 3. period a daily period of time in the Senate ad the House of Commons when parliamentarians ask the government questions about its activities or important issues
  2. 5. another name for a backbencher: a Member of Parliament who does not have an official role in the House of Commons
  3. 6. a king or queen of a country
  4. 7. the city where a country's legislature is located and the government carries out its business
  5. 8. all political parties and independent Members who do not belong to the governing party
  6. 13. a Senator or a Member of the House of Commons
  7. 16. a proposal by a Member for either the Senate or the House of Commons to do something, to order something to be done, or to express an opinion on a matter
  8. 17. to place a document before the Senate
  9. 18. another word for constituency or electoral district
  10. 19. to change or improve something
  11. 20. a meeting of the Senators or of the House of Commons within a session
  12. 22. a university student who works of the Senate or the House of Commons
  13. 23. the upper house of the Parliament is made up of 105 Senators
  14. 24. a word used for the stages during which a bill is debated in Parliament before it is passed to the law
Down
  1. 1. the last stage before a bill becomes a law
  2. 2. the person who is responsible for the maintenance and security of the buildings used by the staff and Members of the House of Commons, including the Chamber
  3. 4. another name for the Senate
  4. 9. has the power to make laws for Canada in certain areas of responsibility
  5. 10. a person appointed to the Upper House of Parliament by the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister
  6. 11. to choose a representative in an election
  7. 12. of two chambers or rooms
  8. 13. the leader of the party in power and he Head of Government
  9. 14. a person who speaks for you
  10. 15. a step in the passage of a bill through both the Senate and the House of Commons
  11. 21. the periods into which a Parliament is divided