Across
- 3. a group made up of all Senators and Members of Parliament from the same political party
- 5. A group of Senators, Members of Parliament, or both, selected to study a specific subject or bill and write a report about it
- 7. All political parties and independent Members who do no belong to the governing party
- 11. A person who speaks for you
- 15. a king or queen of a country
- 17. A Member of the senate or House of Commons who does not belong to a political party
- 19. a proposal for a law to be considered by Parliament
- 20. A group of all Ministers who make decisions about the Government's priorities and policies
- 22. The person in charge of a meeting
- 23. the bringing to an end of a Parliament, either at the end of its four-year term or if the government is defeated on a motion of non-confidence, by proclamation of the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister. It is followed by a general election
- 25. A university student who works for the Senate or the House of Commons
- 26. to pick one person from a group of people by voting
- 28. composed of the Monarch, the Senate and the House of Commons
- 29. a proposal by a Member from wither the Senate or the House of Commons to do something, to order something to be done, or to express an opinion on a matter
Down
- 1. The government's plan for how it will collect and spend money each year
- 2. the periods into which a Parliament is divided
- 4. electoral district
- 5. the set of rules that a country like Canada follows to work as a nation
- 6. the political party with the most members elected to the House of Commons usually forms this.
- 8. a person who has full potential and civil rights in his or her country
- 9. The agreement by the provinces to join together to form the nation of Canada and create a federal government.
- 10. a formal event that follows rules or traditions
- 12. A word used for the stages during which a bill is debated in Parliament before it is passed to become a law
- 13. the Upper House of the Parliament and is made up of 105 members
- 14. the city where a country's legislature is located and the government carries out its business
- 16. One of two large rooms in the Centre Block of the Parliament buildings
- 18. A discussion in which the arguments for and against a subject are presented according to specific rules
- 21. Of two chambers or rooms
- 24. Bills that are passed by the Parliament
- 27. to change or improve something (a law or an act of Parliament, etc)
