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Thank you, Sir John A. Macdonald. You made a country possible.
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Thank you, Sir John A. Macdonald. You made a country possible.

Judging history isn't as easy as some would like to believe.

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Jan 11, 2025
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Today, Sir John A. Macdonald would have been 210 years old.

Sir John A. was many things:

  • A Father of Confederation

  • The founder of Canada

  • The man responsible for our transcontinental railway and bringing BC into confederation.

  • The man responsible for Residential Schools and the Chinese Head Tax

  • The execution of Louis Riel

  • The Pacific Scandal

He was a complicated…

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