Canada and Scotland have deep historical ties, so the Scottish Government’s recent announcement that it is to forge even closer commercial, cultural, educational and governmental links with Canada is very welcome news.
Our relationship goes back centuries. More than four million Canadians claim Scottish ancestry and generations of Scottish migrants brought their ideas, inventiveness and ingenuity across the Atlantic. The Scots helped make Canada what it is today. They explored and opened up vast tracts of land, they built railways, bridges and shipping lines, they developed our banking system and took leading roles in education and politics – indeed, the first Canadian Prime Minister, Sir John A Macdonald was born here in Glasgow.
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Author: James R Wright
