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  1. 2. A person appointed to the Upper House of Parliament by the Governor General on advice of the PM.
  2. 3. The Cabinet is a group of all Ministers. The Cabinet makes decisions about the Government's priorities and policies, the legislation that will be presented to Parliament, and how to collect and spend money.
  3. 6. To choose a representative in an election.
  4. 7. Members of both the Senate and the House of Commons.
  5. 10. A large, heavy, silver-and-gold-covered staff that is a symbol of the power and authority of Parliament.
  6. 13. The political party that forms the Government because more of its members were elected to the House of Commons than from any other party.
  7. 14. A Member of the Senate or House of Commons who does not belong to a political party.
  8. 15. A person appointed by our Monarch, on the advice of the PM, to be the Monarch's representative in Canada. The Governor General is appointed for a term of five years.
  9. 16. Of two chambers, or rooms. Canada's Parliament is made up of two separate Chambers. They are the Senate and the House of Commons.
  10. 17. A group made up of all Senators and Members of Parliament from the same political party. Caucuses meet regularly.
  11. 18. A proposal for a law to be considered by Parliament.
  12. 19. To change or improve something.
  13. 20. The periods into which a Parliament is divided.
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  1. 1. The set of rules that a country like Canada follows to work as a nation. It includes the Constitution Acts of 1867 and 1982, but is not limited to them.
  2. 4. Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen of Canada, is our Head of State. She is represented in Canada by the Governor General.
  3. 5. To place a document before the Senate, the House of Commons or a comittee for consideration.
  4. 8. The government of Canada that acts and speaks for the whole country.
  5. 9. The agreement by the provinces to join together to form the nation of Canada and create a federal Parliament.
  6. 11. One of the three parts of Parliament. MPs meet and debate in the House of Commons Chamber.
  7. 12. 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 PM. It is followed by a general election.
  8. 17. The person in charge of a meeting. This person directs the discussion of business in a Senate or a House of Commons committee meeting.