Government

2. the person in charge of a meeting
5. (verb) to place a document before the Senate, the House of Commons or a committee for consideration
8. a Senator or a Member of the House of Commons
11. a person who has full political and civil rights in his or her country
12. a meeting of the Senate or of the House of Commons within a session
13. another name for the House of Commons
14. the Upper House of Parliament
15. all political parties and independent Members who do not belong to the governing party
16. the set of rules that a country like Canada follows to work as a nation
18. a person appointed to the Upper House of Parliament by the Governor General

1. a large, heavy silver and gold-covered staff that represents power and authority of Parliament
3. (of a bill) a word used for the stages during which a bill is debated in Parliament
4. another word for constituency or electoral district
6. a rule for all Canadians made by Senator, MPs and the Governor General
7. a king or queen of a country
9. a person who speaks for you
10. a change that is made to a bill
11. the city where a country's legislature is located and the government carries out its business
16. a formal event that follows rules or traditions
17. a group made up of all Senators and MPs from the same political party