Till's Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. Default members of a committee due to their role in the Senate
  2. 5. First Bill of a session
  3. 7. Outsiders testifying
  4. 8. Expressed by a Senator instead of not granting leave
  5. 10. Decision pertaining to the selection of a committee for study of a Bill
  6. 16. Combined name for the legislative clerks
  7. 18. Means by which the Senate gets things done
  8. 20. Opposite of tabled in the Senate
  9. 22. Too many!
  10. 24. Raised by a Senator when they feel rules have been broken
  11. 25. Voluntary restraint from Parliament that it should not discuss what is before the courts
  12. 30. Drafted by COPO and given to the Speaker during a sitting
  13. 31. Read by the table officers during the introduction of a new Senator
  14. 32. Loophole by which a committee can get a head start
  15. 34. Golden instrument that sits on the table
  16. 35. Frayed garment Till wore and did not care to replace
  17. 36. Used to call in the Senators
  18. 37. Deputy Speaker
  19. 38. Object of memo sent by the Speaker at the start of a session
  20. 40. Main document produced by COPO during a sitting day
  21. 45. When the Speaker isn't ready to rule on the spot
  22. 47. Required for motions to carry
  23. 48. Game Till might be playing during Question Period
  24. 49. What we could reach Till on when he had to step away from the office during a sitting day
  25. 52. Favorite preposition
  26. 53. How people become Senators
  27. 55. Group of senators that Till met at 9:30 a.m.
  28. 59. Type of vote that usually comes after a bell
  29. 61. Till's favourite part of the sitting
  30. 62. Question of...
  31. 63. Shortened from two hours to just one hour through government motion 165 in 44-1
  32. 64. The end of a Parliament
  33. 65. Amendment that delays for 6 months
  34. 66. Not allowed to emanate from the Senate without a certain recommendation
  35. 67. Used by the government to limit the length of debate
  36. 68. Mentioned multiple times in tributes to Till made by Senators
Down
  1. 1. What Till sat on for most of the sittings of the Senate
  2. 2. Main reason COPO deals with Rideau Hall
  3. 4. Distributed by COPO after political negotiation, usually in the fall
  4. 6. Right of a Senator that will end debate
  5. 9. Keeper of the order of the Senate
  6. 11. Till has encyclopedic knowledge on this topic
  7. 12. Ryan Ross's actual name
  8. 13. Said by Till when he needs a minute to think
  9. 14. Arguably pointless
  10. 15. The Government Representative's favourite part of a sitting
  11. 17. Agenda of a sitting
  12. 19. A music genre, a state of prolonged sadness or in the Senate context, unedited transcripts
  13. 21. Committee, source of political games
  14. 22. Speaker's arrival to the Senate chamber
  15. 23. Bulky white thing carried around by Till
  16. 26. Part of the sitting that is not televised
  17. 27. Rule forbidding that a motion be reintroduced in the same session if defeated
  18. 28. Where visitors sit to watch a sitting
  19. 29. Needed to put an end to a sitting
  20. 33. Summary of a committee's findings
  21. 39. Has a real sword
  22. 41. Not always granted
  23. 42. Minimum required number of attendees
  24. 43. Means by which the public can watch a sitting
  25. 44. Short form summary of a sitting
  26. 45. Proposed change
  27. 46. Short form for the highest official in the order of precedence in Canada
  28. 50. Employees of the Library
  29. 51. Committee to which the failure to respond to a written question is referred
  30. 54. Required for most motions
  31. 56. Neither yay or nay
  32. 57. Typically done for a retiring or deceased Senator
  33. 58. Verbatim recounting of a sitting
  34. 59. Till's usual lunch
  35. 60. Archaic process still used by COPO