Yes, 1.Build road or rail 2.Seize land on each side of transport route
3.profit
Ottawa learned imperial business tactics from the USA, without taking all the parts that were any good for the middle class.
Policy makers practically tell you what they are going to do a few years out. Hence, people had foresight First Nations would transfer their new land to Chinese investors too. What’s the next thing you can predict from the history of land transfers in Canada?
The British Colony system was never that great for commoners. The U.S. constitution was written to control such a leviathan. Indigenous socialists have one thing right when they say “You’re whiteness won’t save you”, your land or God given rights from a secular ruling class