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  1. 2. a king or queen of a country
  2. 5. another name for the House of Commons.
  3. 7. the minister responsible for managing the governments business in the House, including negotiating the scheduling of business with the House of Leaders of the opposition parties.
  4. 8. the political party that usually has the second largest number of MPs elected to the House of Commons.
  5. 9. Canada's Parliament is composed of the Monarch, the Senate and the House of Commons.
  6. 10. the council manages the business of a municipality.
  7. 11. the Prime Minister hold the powers of the Head of Government and looks after the business of the country.
  8. 14. a special title given to Senators and Cabinet Members for life, and the Speaker of the House of Commons as long as he or she is the speaker.
  9. 16. a person appointed by our monarch, on the advice of our prime minister, to be the monarch's representative in Canada.
  10. 17. one of three parts of Parliament. MPs meet and debate in the House of Commons Chamber
  11. 19. technically, members of both the Senate and the House of Commons are MPs but most often this term is used for someone elected to a seat in the House of Commons.
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  1. 1. all political parties and independent Members who do not belong to the governing party
  2. 3. an appointed Member that manages its business in the House of Commons.
  3. 4. bills that are passed by Parliament.
  4. 6. the steps by which bills are approve by Parliament.
  5. 11. the daily official record of debates in the Senate and the House of Commons in english and french.
  6. 12. a large, heavy, silver and gold covered staff that is a symbol of the power and authority of Parliament.
  7. 13. a university student who works for the Senate of House of Commons.
  8. 14. Queen Elizabeth the second, the Queen of Canada, is our head of state.
  9. 15. a rule for all Canadians made by Senators, MPs and the Governor General through discussion and voting.
  10. 18. another name for question period
  11. 19. a proposal by a member of either the Senate of the House of Commons to do something, to order something to be done, or to express an opinion on a matter.
  12. 20. a member of the senate or House of Commons who does not belong to a political party.