In terms of British dominions: Do I understand correctly that John A. MacDonald was a "national builder" or "empire builder" for Canada, Henry Parkes for Australia, Julius Vogel for New Zealand, and Cecil Rhodes for South(ern) Africa? Plus, did either Parkes/Vogel/Rhodes or any of their successors carry out something similar to MacDonald's post-Confederation National Policy in their respective countries?
If this is going to be a recounting of historic context, I'd appreciate an equal conflation of the methods John A. Macdonald used in building Canada as a nation.
I'm Métis, and while John A. Macdonald deserves credit in founding a nation, did so through genuinely villainous means.