Vision and eloquence, two qualities valued most in a political leader, were what Tommy Douglas was all about, Social policies, taken for granted today--medicare, a national pension plan, bargaining rights for civil servants, a Wheat Board to protect farmers--were first advocated by Douglas. Medicare, his finest achievement, was wrested into place in Saskatchewan, and finally embraced as one of Canada's national accomplishments.
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Vision and eloquence, two qualities valued most in a political leader, were what Tommy Douglas was all about, Social policies, taken for granted today--medicare, a national pension plan, bargaining rights for civil servants, a Wheat Board to protect farmers--were first advocated by Douglas. Medicare, his finest achievement, was wrested into place in Saskatchewan, and finally embraced as one of Canada's national accomplishments.
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