1. Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition
Civics -- House of Commons -- Government
- All elected members of the House of Commons are ”MP’s” – Members of Parliament
Government
Official Opposition
Prime Minister
Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition
Cabinet
Backbenchers
Opposition Parties
Government
- The Government is the _____________ with the most ____________ in the House of Commons
- The Government always sits to the ______________ of the Speaker. The _______ points to the Gov’t.
The Prime Minister
- The ___________ of the ______________ with the most ____________ in the House of Commons
- The Prime Minister holds “__________________” over MP’s in his Party.
- All Government MP’s must ______________ as the Prime Minister wishes – “__________________”
Cabinet
- A number of MP’s the Prime Minister ______________ as _________________.
- Each Cabinet Minister is Responsible for a _________________of Government
Backbenchers
- _______________ Members of Parliament who _______________ the PM and Cabinet

2. House of Commons -- Opposition
- All elected members of the House of Commons are ”MP’s” – Members of Parliament
Official Opposition
- The Official Opposition Party has the _________________________in the House of Commons
- They sit to the _____________________ of the Speaker
The Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition
- The Leader of the ________________ Opposition in the House of Commons - Mr. ________________
- Opposition has two important roles:
1. _______________ the Government
2. Provide _____________ to Government
Opposition Parties
- All other Political Parties are known as Opposition Parties – NDP – Mr. ___________________
- The Speaker recognizes Opposition Parties based on their _____________- of MP’s/Seats
House of Commons -- The Business of the House
Question Period
- Each day for _________________, questions are posed to the Prime Minister or Cabinet on any topic.
- Question Period holds the Government ___________________ for all their decisions.
Law-making – Legislative Process
- There are many steps involved in taking a Proposed Law; ___________________
and passing it into a Law;
_________________