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. StampStory ' y f=_~ A unit d l ® l t 3â€" es |â€"â€"â€"_â€"â€"â€") A ea legislature _| â€" The nation‘s . | _formed in the 1800s |â€" â€" Supl' eme COUI't ; By JAMES MONTAGNES Stamp SF o e Before Canada became a nation 1$ Slts In Ottawa in 1867, there were a number of ther had taken part in the 1837 |~ Sasay British colonies across Canada. rebellions which took place at |_ By JAMES MONTAGNES Two of these, Upper Canada, now Montreal and near Toronto. ® 1 T Ontario, and Lower Canada, now _ They headed a second coalition |â€" e In 1875, eight years after Canaâ€" Quebec, had their first united government from 1848 to 1851. |_ da became a united nation, the Suâ€" legislature in 1841. This was Both were responsible for passage |. © preme Court of Canada was foundâ€" brought about largely through the ~of important legislation in their reâ€" |â€" «_ ed at Ottawa. Today it is housed in efforts of Robert Baldwin in spective areas. Among Baldwin‘s | ‘a chateauâ€"type building on Wellâ€" Toronto â€" and. Louisâ€"Hippolyte legislation was that for reform of mgtgn St., closg by the Canadian Lafontaine in Montreal. the judicial system and the estabâ€" a Parliament Buildings. Both were born in Canada, Baldâ€" lishment of the University of â€" The Supreme Court isâ€"the highâ€" win at Toronto in 1804, and Lafonâ€" ‘Toronto as a nonâ€"sectarian univerâ€" est court of appeal for both crimiâ€" taine near Montreal in 1807. Both sity, Lafontaine was responsible | ; nal and civil cases. Its nine judges were lawyers, and both worked for for legislation compensating peoâ€" _ interpret federal and provincial | responsible government, rather ple who had suffered property |= : legislation, the powers of the variâ€" | than the governments dominated losses during the 1837 rebellion. s â€" . sous goverrnments and other matâ€" by family groups in both Upper _ Lafontaine left politics in 1851, |= ters. â€" : and Lower Canada. After the 1841 became chief justice of Lower â€" _ The stateemen who founded ~ Act of Union they formed the first Canada in 1853, holding that post /; Canada believed that the country Baldwinâ€"Lafontaine coalition govâ€" till his death in 1864. He was |â€" would require an independent auâ€" ernmeiit. _Wh}le both worked fqr knighted by Quegn Victoria in |_ thority to rule on disputes between | more responsible government, neiâ€" . 1854. Baldwin died in 1858. 5 â€"â€" 25 the federal and provincial governâ€" | i t aanall.," S ments. At first there was difficulty | s l e n 4 j > â€"95 ~in writing legisiation which would {fifi«&f*&i‘u‘;j&n”* _ auit botis the English and French : Ir orn _ y «41 under the Liberal government of Yeep) \‘¢‘~§ a‘ a â€"__| Sir Alexander Mackenzie, and ie csco Ob 352 . ; among its provisions it ensured ol 2 § + g I * sound interpretation of the French Nes 4 &’?‘ civil law which is used in Quebec. % )h, '- There are three judges from Queâ€" s es 566000 R bec province, usually three from §&a’§ [aile Ontario, one from the Atlantic ‘ * m‘?‘h}i 3 3« provinces and two from Western _ | "m"“ Canada. Since 1949 it has been the ie n m is ces en n en es in n n on m L n on n n( in o t 6 final court of appeal in Canada. In 1927 a 20â€"cent brown carmine portrait stamp was issued for + Baldwin and Lafontaine for the 60th anniversary of confederation. s 7 tvw~~-~n oi Used copies of the stamp are worth about $3 at stamp stores. i > In 1975 Canada issued a multicol: | > ored 8â€"cent stamp featuring the : statue of Justice which stands in front ; a l of the Supreme Court Building at Ottawa, to mark 100 years of the Suâ€" _ ,â€" § ' r @ preme Court, Used copies of the !===â€" _=c t> imrininnipammnnisennommmmmmememmmmmencestdinncmesrercrnicuicunniianisansrnzcmmmnsicaninmemmmiee stamp are worth about five cents at |â€"_â€" hm us sive coommmentcrnit mmen omm nirtnn rmmmdzrementeisent