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Quote of the Day by Sir John A. Macdonald: Let us not, like the hunters in the fable, quarrel about the skin before we

Canada's first Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, was instrumental in the nation's 1867 Confederation and westward expansion, notably the Canadian Pacific Railway. His long tenure shaped early governance and institutions. However, his legacy is complicated by policies affecting Indigenous peoples. A quote attributed to him stresses unity for common goals before considering individual rewards.