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  1. 2. The Member of Parliament or a Senator in a political party who is responsible for keeping other party Members informed about the Chambers business and making sure they are present in the Chamber
  2. 5. Speech from the ________ is a speech delivered by the Monarch or the Governor General at the start of a new session in Parliament
  3. 7. The city where a countrys
  4. 8. A _________ member is another name for a backbencher: a Member of Parliament who does not have and official role in the House of Commons
  5. 9. The Usher of the _____________ _______________ is an officer of the Senate whose responsibilities include delivering messages to the Commons when its Members attendance is required in the Senate Chamber
  6. 11. A system of government where citizens express their political views by choosing representatives to go to Parliament the make laws on their behalf
  7. 14. The leader of the ___________ ________________ (two words) in the House of Commons is the leader of the political party that usually has the second largest number of MPs in the House
  8. 16. The political party that forms the Government because more of its members were elected than any other party
  9. 18. The set of rules that a country like Canada follows to work as a nation
  10. 22. A ___________ honourable is a special title given to Governors General, Prime Ministers and Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada
  11. 25. The bringing to an end of a Parliament, either at the end of its four year term or if the government is defeated
  12. 26. A group made up of all Senators and MP's from the same political party
  13. 27. The process of choosing a representative by vote
  14. 28. Each of Canada's ten provinces has a legislature that makes laws for the people living in each province
  15. 29. The leader of the government in ___________ is a senator appointed by the Prime Minister to lead the Government in the Senate
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  1. 1. government The Government, made up of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, must have the support of the majority in the House of Commons to stay in power
  2. 3. Canada's __________________ is composed of the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons
  3. 4. The ______ court is the highest court in Canada that had nine justices
  4. 6. Another name for question period
  5. 10. Each of Canada's three territories has a legislature that makes laws for the people living in each province
  6. 11. A Senator of a Member of the House of Commons
  7. 12. A step in the passage of a bill through both the Senate and the House of Commons
  8. 13. The last stage before a bill becomes a law
  9. 15. The person who is responsible for the maintenance and security of the buildings used by the staff and Members of the House of Commons, including the Chamber
  10. 17. A person appointed to the Upper House of Parliament by the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister
  11. 19. The political party that has the second largest number of MPs
  12. 20. An appointed Member of every party its business in the House of Commons
  13. 21. A word used for the stages during which a bill is debated in Parliament before it is passed to become a law
  14. 23. To choose a representative in an election
  15. 24. To place a document before the Senate, the House of Commons, or a committee for consideration (verb)