Across
- 5. the senior official in the senate and the main ad
- 8. the governments plan for how it will collect and spend money each year
- 10. a person normally a Member of Parliament or a Senator who is chosen by the Prime Minister and appointed by the Governor General
- 11. the set of rules that a country like Canada follows to work as a nation
- 12. part of the Canadian constitutions that states all Canadians have the rights to basic rights and freedoms
- 19. a group of all ministers mostly from the House of Commons and at least one from the Senate
- 20. a proposed law to be considered by Parliament
- 21. a group made up of all Senators
- 22. a person who has full political and civil rights in his or her country
- 23. the agreement by the provinces to join together to form the nation of Canada and create a federal Parliament
- 24. a change that is made to a bill,motion or committee report
- 25. one of the two large rooms in the center block of the parliament buildings.
- 26. a group of Senators, Members of parliament or both selected to study a specific subject or bill write a report about it
- 27. the person in charge of a meeting.
- 28. the city where the countries legislature is located and the government carries out its own business (in Canada its Ottawa)
Down
- 1. made up of two separate Chambers the Senate and The House of Commons
- 2. to change or to improves something such as a law or Act of Parliament
- 3. a discussion in which the arguments for and against a subject are presented according to specific rules.Discussions in the Senate and House of Commons
- 4. a person living in an area in Canada represented by a Member of Parliament
- 6. the government of Canada that acts and speaks for the whole country
- 7. block the parliament buildings have three parts. The House of Commons and the Senate Chambers are in the center block
- 9. the specific geographic area in Canada that a member of the Parliament represents in the House of Commons Syn: riding or electoral district
- 10. this person is responsible for overseeing all federal elections
- 12. the senior official in the house of commons, and the main adviser to the speaker and members of the house of commons regarding house rules and procedures
- 13. a system in which the powers of the Monarch are limited by the written or unwritten constitution of the country.
- 14. the process of choosing a representative by vote
- 15. the political party that forms the Government because more of its members were elected to the House of Commons than from any other party
- 16. the bringing to an end of 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.
- 17. to pick one person from group of several people by voting. The person with the most votes is elected
- 18. a formal event that follows rules or traditions