Editing Supreme Court of Canada (section)

==Building==
[[File:Supreme court of Canada in summer.jpg|thumb|Exterior of the Supreme Court of Canada building]]
The Supreme Court of Canada Building ({{langx|fr|L'édifice de la Cour suprême du Canada}}) is located just west of [[Parliament Hill]], at 301 [[Wellington Street (Ottawa)|Wellington Street]]. It is situated on a bluff high above the [[Ottawa River]] in [[downtown Ottawa]] and is home to the Supreme Court of Canada.<ref name=SCCbldg>{{cite web |title=SCC Building |date=January 2001 |url=https://www.scc-csc.ca/court-cour/buil-edi-eng.aspx |publisher=Supreme Court of Canada |location=Ottawa, Ontario |access-date=18 November 2018 |archive-date=3 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603161227/https://scc-csc.ca/court-cour/buil-edi-eng.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> It also contains two courtrooms used by the Federal Court and the [[Federal Court of Appeal]].

The building was designed by [[Ernest Cormier]] and is known for its [[Art Deco]] style<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archiseek.com/2009/1940-supreme-court-of-canada-ottawa-ontario/ |title=1940 – Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario |date=10 December 2009 |publisher=archiseek.com |access-date=27 May 2014 |archive-date=29 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729140048/http://archiseek.com/2009/1940-supreme-court-of-canada-ottawa-ontario/ |url-status=live }}</ref>—including two candelabrum-style fluted metal lamp standards that flank the entrance and the marble walls and floors of the lobby<ref name=post/>—contrasting with the [[châteauesque]] roof. Construction began in 1939, with the cornerstone laid by [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|Queen Elizabeth]], consort of King [[George VI]] and later known as the Queen Mother. In her speech, she said, "perhaps it is not inappropriate that this task should be performed by a woman; for woman's position in a civilized society has depended upon the growth of law."<ref name=CHP>{{citation| url=https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/pages/28_royalty_royaute.aspx| title="At Home in Canada": Royalty at Canada's Historic Places| publisher=Canad's Historic Places| accessdate=30 April 2023}}</ref> The court began hearing cases in the new building by January 1946.

In 2000, the edifice was named by the [[Royal Architectural Institute of Canada]] as one of the top 500 buildings produced in Canada during the last millennium.<ref name=cook>{{cite news |url=http://www.ty-a.ca/Citizen/top500.htm |title=Cultural consequence |last=Cook |first=Marcia |date=11 May 2000 |work=[[Ottawa Citizen]] |publisher=Canwest |access-date=11 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530090211/http://www.ty-a.ca/Citizen/top500.htm |archive-date=30 May 2010}}</ref> [[Canada Post]] issued a commemorative stamp on 9 June 2011, as part of the Architecture Art Déco series.<ref name=post>{{cite press release |title=Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa |url=http://data4.collectionscanada.gc.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=(architect.A790,C790.)+Or+(null.B742.)&l=50&d=STMP&p=1&u=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/02011702_e.html&r=29&f=G&Sect1=STMP |date=9 June 2011 |publisher=[[Canada Post]] |access-date=27 May 2014}}</ref>
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Two flagstaffs have been erected in front of the building. A flag on one is flown daily, while the other is hoisted only on those days when the court is in session. Also located on the grounds are several statues, including one of Prime Minister [[Louis St. Laurent]], by [[Elek Imredy]] in 1976, and two—[[Veritas]] (Truth) and [[Justitia]] (Justice)—by Canadian sculptor [[Walter Seymour Allward|Walter S. Allward]]. Inside there are busts of several chief justices: [[John Robert Cartwright]] (1967–1970), Bora Laskin (1973–1983), Brian Dickson (1984–1990), and Antonio Lamer (1990–2000), all sculpted by Kenneth Phillips Jarvis, a retired Under Treasurer of the [[Law Society of Ontario|Law Society of Upper Canada]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/mundell_medal/kenneth_jarvis_memoriam.pdf |title=In Memoriam: Kenneth Jarvis 1927–2007 |access-date=26 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320173854/http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/mundell_medal/kenneth_jarvis_memoriam.pdf |archive-date=20 March 2014}}</ref>

The court was previously housed in the [[Centre Block#Railway Committee Room and Reading Room|Railway Committee Room]] and a number of other committee rooms in the [[Centre Block]] on Parliament Hill.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/05/11/liberals-take-their-leave-of-the-railway-room/ |title=Liberals take their leave of the Railway Room |author=Kathryn Blaze Carlson |date=11 May 2011 |work=National Post}}</ref> The court then sat in the [[Old Supreme Court (Canada)|Old Supreme Court]] building on Bank Street, between 1889 and 1945. That structure was demolished in 1955 and the site used as parking for Parliament Hill.