John A Macdonald was the architect of Confederation and had a vision of what Canada should look like and wouldn’t stop until he made it a reality. He showed this throughout his actions such as the 1867 Confederation, building the Canadian Pacific Railway as well as expanding Canada by buying Rupert’s Land. John A Macdonald spent over half of his lifetime dedicated to being a politician. Because of this it made him immensely skilled and is the reason he was better than other Politicians such as Cartier and Brown. Throughout Canadian History John A Macdonald proved that he made the greatest impact on the Confederation.

John A Macdonald was a key figure in making the 1867 Confederation possible, which to many modern day Canadians consider …show more content…
Canada bought Rupert’s Land which consisted of all of the land surrounding the Hudson’s Bay. When this happened John A Macdonald was the Prime Minister and this expansion increased Canada’s size by 33%. Once this land was added, the railway would connect all of Canada and united it as one. John A Macdonald first come up this idea of the transcontinental railway in the late 1860’s. He spent most of his career trying to get the railway approved; even though he was given 10 years to build it, it was built in five. It was fully operational by 1865. This shows how determined and how visionary he was. At this point British Columbia was not a part of the Confederation. B.C. was cut off from the rest of Canada because of the mountains and this was a way to interconnect them throughout the whole country. If the railway was not built it was very likely that B.C. would have joined the United States and if Canada had not purchased Rupert’s Land the US would have most likely bought that too. Rupert’s land increased Canada’s land mass by 33%, and Canada only paid 1.5 million dollars for it while the U.S.A was willing to pay 10. This shows how John A Macdonald shaped Canada back then to the Canada that exists