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  1. 4. To place a document before the Senate, the House of Commons or the committee for consideration
  2. 6. A university student who works for the Senate or the House of Commons and he or she carries messages and delivers documents to the Chamber during sittings
  3. 8. A discussion in which the arguments for and against a subject are presented according to specific rules
  4. 9. To pick one person from a group of several people by voting
  5. 10. The person in charge of meeting and directs the discussion of business
  6. 11. A person who speaks for you
  7. 16. A group of Senators, Members of Parliament, or both, selected to study a specific subject or bill and write a report about it
  8. 17. The specific geographic are in Canada that a Member of Parliament represents in the House of Commons
  9. 20. The bringing to an end of a Parliament
  10. 23. The last stage before a bill becomes a law
  11. 26. A word used for the stages during which a bill is debated in Parliament before it is passed to become law
  12. 27. A group of all Ministers
  13. 30. A group made up of all Senators and Members of Parliament from the same political party
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  1. 1. A step in the passage of a bill through both the Senate and the House of Commons
  2. 2. Another name for the Senate
  3. 3. The highest court in Canada
  4. 5. A proposal for a law to be considered by Parliament
  5. 7. A proposal by a Member to do something, to order something to be done, or to express an opinion on a matter
  6. 12. The process of choosing a representative by vote
  7. 13. To change or improve something for example, a law or an Act of Parliament
  8. 14. To choose a representative in an election
  9. 15. An appointed Member of every party that manages its business in the House of Commons
  10. 18. A person who has full political and civil rights in his or her country
  11. 19. A king or queen of a country
  12. 21. The periods into which a Parliament is divided
  13. 22. Another name for the House of Commons
  14. 24. A change that is made to a bill, a motion or a committee report with the intention of improving it
  15. 25. A large, heavy, silver-and-gold-covered staff that is a symbol of the power and authority of Parliament
  16. 28. The government's plan for how it will collect and spend money each year
  17. 29. A rule for all Canadians made by Senators, Members of Parliament and the Governor General through discussion and voting