Government (4)

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