Canada is as much a product of the American Revolution as America is

IN DEPTH Partners in time American visionaries, money and ideas have shaped Canada over centuries, whether we like it or not NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT THE GLOBE AND MAIL PUBLISHED 3 HOURS AGO ELAINE THOMPSON/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COMMENTS SHARE SAVE FOR LATER Few figures did more to build modern Canada than William Van Horne. The irrepressible railroad executive drove the laying of the ribbons of steel that brought commerce and settlement to the West, sealing British Columbia’s membership in Confederation and knitting the country together from coast to coast. As a lead…