Macdonald: John A. Macdonald

John A. Macdonald: The first is that but for him no Canadians would be reading this article because no Canadians would exist to read it other than Americans who happened to live in the new state of that name, according to The Star. The other comment, one now being made by some critics, is that whatever his gifts Macdonald was also an unregenerate racist. This time, though, the source for certitude about this claim is shabby and self-destructive and About John A. Macdonald two comments can be made with near certainty. To have created Canada as a confederation in 1867 was achievement enough. He did far more than that. His transcontinental railway stitched Canadians together. His invention of the North West Mounted Police , which governed the prairies by the rule of law rather than, as below the border, by the rule of the gun, gave Canadians their first experience in genuine national distinctiveness. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.