Democracy

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Across
  1. 2. one of two large rooms in the Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings
  2. 6. a change that is made to a bill, a motion or a committee report with the intention of improving it
  3. 8. the specific geographic area in Canada that a MP represents in the House of Commons
  4. 11. the city where a country’s legislature is located and the government carries out its business. The capital city of Canada is Ottawa. Each province and territory also has a capital city and a legislature.
  5. 12. a person who has full political and civil rights in his or her country
  6. 13. the set of rules that a country like canada follows to work as a nation
  7. 14. a formal event that follows rules or traditions
  8. 16. the bringing to an end of a Parliament
  9. 17. a proposal for a law to be considered by parliament
  10. 18. a discussion in which the arguments for and against a subject are presented according to specific rules
Down
  1. 1. of two chambers or rooms. Canada’s Parliament is made up of two separate Chambers. They are the Senate and the House of Commons
  2. 2. a person living in an area in Canada represented by a MP
  3. 3. to change or improve something; for example, a law or an Act of Parliament
  4. 4. the governent’s plan for how it will collect and spend money each year
  5. 5. a group made up of all Senators and Members of Parliament from the same political party
  6. 7. the agreement by the rpovinces to join together to form the nation of Canada and create a federal Parliament
  7. 9. a group of Senators, Members of Parliament, or both, selected to study a specific subject or bill and write a report about it
  8. 10. the person in charge of a meeting
  9. 14. the Cabinet is a group of all Ministers (mostly from the House of Commons and at least one from the Senate).
  10. 15. to pick one person from a group of several people by voting