CIVICS UNIT 3

No one—neither visitor, nor resident, nor citizen, nor government, nor monarchy is above the law.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Legislatures are responsible for enacting, amending, and repealing laws.

• True

• False

The provincial legislative deals with matters of national concern, such as criminal law, relations between provinces, international relations and Crown-Indigenous relations.

• True

• False

The bill is introduced to the lower house for the ______.

• first reading

• second reading

• third reading

During the _____________, the bill is debated in the lower house.

• first reading

• second reading

• third reading

The _________ is usually where new laws are introduced and debated for the first time.

• lower chamber

• upper chamber

The ______________ further examines carefully newly proposed laws.

• lower chamber

• upper chamber

In the Canadian federal government, the lower chamber is the __________.

• House of Commons

• Senate

There are __________ members of parliament (MP's).

The Senate consists of __________ Senators appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister.