Rebellion Losses Bill
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Furious debate on, between MacNab and
Blake, 489. (Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) Passed in 1847, 292; La Fontaine responsible for, 303;
its history, 305-334, 335, 336. (Lord Elgin era) History of, 63-84; commission
appointed by Draper-Viger government, 64; report of commissioners, 65;
La Fontaine's resolutions, 67-68; new commission appointed, 68; bitter
opposition of Tories, 68-69; the debate, 69
70; public meetings held in
opposition to bill, 70; bill passed by both houses by large majorities,
70; Elgin gives royal assent, 71; his reasons for doing so, 72-73; the
Montreal riots, 73-77, 161, 203. (George Brown Era) History of, 34-38. (Sir Georges E. Cartier era) John A.
Macdonald characterizes it as a reward for treason, 32. (Sir John A Macdonald era)
Circumstances leading up to introduction of bill, 33-35; presented to
Legislature, 35; passes the Assembly, 36; consented to by Elgin, 36-38;
cause of unseemly riots, 38; causes division of opinion in British
Parliament, 41. See also Rebellion of 1837 (Lower Canada). =Bib.=:
Dent, Last Forty Years.