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Thomas Clement (“Tommy”) Douglas, CC, premier of Saskatchewan, first leader of the New Democratic Party, Baptist minister and politician (born 20 October 1904 in Falkirk, Scotland; died 24 February 1986 in Ottawa, Ontario). As premier of the province of Saskatchewan, Douglas led the first socialist government elected in Canada, which implemented the government-funded Saskatchewan Hospital Services Plan in 1947. It was the first hospital insurance plan in Canada and was followed by the Saskatchewan Medical Care Insurance Act in 1961. When the federal government (a minority Liberal gov't) passed the Medical Care Act in 1966, Douglas (the leader of the 3rd-place New Democratic Party) became recognized as the father of socialized medicine in Canada. He also helped establish democratic socialism in mainstream Canadian politics. (https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca)

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I felt that no boy should have to depend either for his leg or his life upon the ability of his parents to raise enough money to bring a first-class surgeon to his bedside. And I think it was out of this experience, not at the moment consciously, but through the years, I came to believe that health services ought not to have a price tag on them, and that people should be able to get whatever health services they require irrespective of their individual capacity to pay.

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Let me remind you what fascism is. It need not wear a brown shirt or a green shirt. It may even wear a dress shirt. Fascism begins the moment a ruling class, fearing the people may use their political democracy to gain economic democracy, begins to destroy political democracy in order to retain its power of exploitation and special privilege.

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Let’s not forget that the ultimate goal of Medicare must be to keep people well rather than just patching them up when they get sick.

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My dream is for people around the world to look up and to see Canada like a little jewel sitting at the top of the continent.

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We are all in this world together, and the only test of our character that matters is how we look after the least fortunate among us.

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