Analysis Of Key Accomplishments Of William Van Horne

William Van Horne

Clifford Sifton

Frederick Banting

Summary of Key Accomplishments

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Became the president of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in 1888.

Oversees the major construction of the first Canadian transcontinental railway.

Awarded a knighthood in 1894.

Launched the sea transport division of the CPR. Created the Western Immigration Strategy.

Under his leadership, immigration to Canada, especially Western Canada, increased significantly — from 16,835 per year in 1896 to 141,465 in 1905.

Negotiated of the Crow's Nest Pass Agreement with the Canadian Pacific Railway, which gave the railway a cash subsidy ($3.3 million)

For example, British Columbia had insisted upon a land transport route that link to eastern provinces within 10 years as a condition for joining Confederation. While Ontario and Quebec also wanted to ship their goods to western Canada. Despite the railway's importance, there were many instances during the construction that the construction of the railway would be overdue, which would crush John A. MacDonald's wish of a country a mari usque ad mare (from sea to sea). It was the arrival of Van Horne that helped the construction continue, and eventually, finish on time. Although there must be other people capable of completing Van Horne's accomplishment, anyone of them arriving later than Van Horne might not be able to fix the problem on time. With Van Horne's dedication and hard work, the CPR was finished on time, and Canada was finally united, not to mention that the North West Rebellion was settled largely due to Van Horne's cooperation with the Canadian troops.

Sifton's promotion for immigration was a success. His advertised the strong economic advantages of moving to the west towards agriculture settlers in the United States, Britian, and Eastern Europe. During his advocacy, the annual number of immigrants entering Canada rose from 16,835 to 141,465. Sifton's effect on immigration, although very big, was only applied to western Canada, with the rest of the Canada not directly

English physiologist Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer even coined the protein "insulin" before Banting's work even began. The challenge was to extract the insulin without it being destroyed by trypsin, a protease that breaks down insulin. In 1920, the method of destroying trypsin producing cell was determined. Even though Banting's team was the one that isolated insulin, the groundwork were already lied, and other scientists could have got the same result later if Banting did not exist. That is not to say that Banting can be easily replaced by other scientist, or that his discovery is not as impactful as that of Van Horne's or Sifton's, but that the accomplishment of any kind has a limit, and that is especially true for