John Macdonald and Alexander Macdonald

Alexander Macdonald: Let keep those facts in mind when we argue about the historical legacy of Sir for his accomplishments as the dominant figure of Confederation John A. for Alexander Macdonald, as reasonable people are bound to do, according to Rabble. With the hideous example of the U.S. Civil War fresh in everyone memories, the political union Macdonald, Brown and their contemporaries created, mere colonials themselves, allowed a disparate nation soon to span the top half of a vast continent despite different regional interests, two major religious traditions eyeing each other distrustfully, two languages and two cultures. And so it has thrived and prospered for most of a century and a half without civil war or breakup and Today, or possibly yesterday, is the 200th anniversary of the birth of John Macdonald , first prime minister of Canada, arguably the person most responsible for the creation of our country and surely the one who deserves the most credit for it surviving as long as it has. We should remember that Prime Minister Macdonald could work with others for the good of his country. It is particularly relevant at this fraught moment in Canada history that Macdonald was prepared to form a coalition with his greatest rival, George Brown of the Reform Movement, whom he disliked, to ensure Confederation came about in 1867. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.