https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Chinese_immigration_to_Canada#Immigration_for_the_railway

"Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, betraying the wishes of his constituency, Victoria, by insisting the project cut costs by employing Chinese to build the railway ... (British Columbia politicians had wanted a settlement-immigration plan for workers from the British Isles, but Canadian politicians and investors said it would be too expensive)"

My previous post comment about MacDonald being a nominal Christian was to point out historical example of Christian hypocrisy with a very public example of unchristian behaviour resulting in the death and suffering of Chinese workers lured to work on the CPR. The saying that there was a dead Chinese worker for every rail tie on the original CPR is certainly an exaggeration, but there were make shift worker cemeteries all along the CPR's route through BC's Mountains. MacDonald spent tax money and Chinese lives getting the CPR built.