By Andrea DicksContributors Amanuel Melles Sat., June 26, 2021timer4 min. read When financier Donald Smith pounded in the last spike on the Canadian Pacific Railway on the morning of Nov. 7, 1885, it marked an iconic moment in Canadian history. The transcontinental railway’s construction epitomized the role of infrastructure and government-business partnership in nation-building. But the railway’s completion, while lionized for more than a century, is also a shameful chapter in Canada’s history.
