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- 3. a university student who works for the Senate of the House of Commons
- 5. A special title given to Senators and Cabinet Ministers for life, and to the speaker of the House of Commons
- 7. the person in charge of a meeting. This person directs the discussion of business in a Senate or a House of Commons committee meeting.
- 8. the political party that forms the Government because more of its members were elected to the House of Commons than from any other party.
- 9. A formal event that follows rules or traditions
- 10. the government;s plan for how it will collect and spend money each year
- 12. a word used for the stages during which a bill is debated in Parliament before it is passed to become a law
- 13. one of the two large rooms in the Center Block of the Parliament Buildings. The Senate Chamber, or the Upper House, is where Senators meet to discuss business.
- 15. a group of Senators, Members of Parliament, or both, selected to study a specific subject or bill and write a report about it.
- 16. the specific geographic area in Canada that a Member of Parliament represents in the House of Commons.
- 18. the daily official record of debates in the Senate and the House of Commons in English and French.
- 20. the bringing to an en 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 (an official announcement) of the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister.
- 22. A Senator of a Member of the House of Commons
- 24. a member of the Senate or House of Commons who does not belong to a political party
- 26. a large heavy silver and gold covered staff that is a symbol of the power and authority of Parliament
- 28. a group of ministers (mostly from the House of Commons and the Senates).
- 30. all political parties and independent members who do not belong to the governing party
- 31. a proposal by a Member for either the Senate of the House of Commons to do something, to order something to be done.
- 32. a proposal for a law to be considered by Parliament
- 33. to pick one person from a group of several people by voting.
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- 1. a rule for all Canadians made by Senators, Members of Parliament, and the Governor General through discussion and voting
- 2. a discussion in which the arguments for and against a subject are presented according to specific rules.
- 4. a person living in an area in Canada represented by a Member of Parliament
- 6. Of two chambers or rooms. Canada's parliament is made up of two separate chambers.
- 11. A group made up of all Senators and members of Parliament from the same political party.
- 14. a person who speaks for you
- 16. the agreement by the provinces to join together to form the nation of Canada and create a federal Parliament.
- 17. the process of choosing a representative by vote
- 19. the set of rules that a country like Canada follows to work as a nation.
- 21. group composed of the Monarch, Senate, and the House of Commons.
- 23. bills that are passed by Parliament
- 25. the city where a country's legislature is located and the government carries out it business
- 27. a person who has full political and civil rights in his of her country
- 29. a king or queen of a country