What is a proposal for a new law called?

Discover Canada defines this term in one direct phrase. The guide writes: Both the House of Commons and the Senate consider and review bills (proposals for new laws). No bill can become law in Canada until it has been passed by both chambers and has received royal assent, granted by the Governor General on behalf of the Sovereign. The word the test wants is therefore a bill.

The definition is unambiguous in Discover Canada: "bills (proposals for new laws)." So when the test asks what a proposal for a new law is called, the right answer is the same word the guide places in parentheses next to the explanation.

The bill's path through Parliament is laid out elsewhere in Discover Canada's legislative-process diagram. "How a bill becomes law — The Legislative Process" lists seven steps: First Reading, Second Reading, Committee Stage, Report Stage, Third Reading in the House of Commons, then a similar process in the Senate, and finally Royal Assent. So a bill is the proposal that makes that journey; once passed by both chambers and given royal assent, it becomes a law.

The wider lawmaking system depends on this distinction. Discover Canada notes that "the people elect members to the House of Commons in Ottawa and to the provincial and territorial legislatures. These representatives are responsible for passing laws, approving and monitoring expenditures, and keeping the government accountable." So elected representatives consider bills, debate them, vote on them — and only the ones that pass become enforceable laws.

The question is testing whether new citizens know Discover Canada's exact term for a proposal for a new law. The guide commits to one word: a bill. The test answer is the same.

The wrong answer choices each invent a label Discover Canada does not use for proposals in Parliament. The guide does not call them decrees, statutes, or mandates in this context. The single, accurate word is a bill.