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Tommy Douglass Impact On Society

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The impact of the former NDP member, Tommy Douglas, was national, with our values as Canadians now being strongly connected with his ideas of making Canada a more welcoming and livable place. Tommy Douglas had a new vision for the role of government; he believed that it had the responsibility to improve the lives of ordinary people. As a young boy he was threatened by the loss of his right leg due to a condition called osteomyelitis, and as a ‘charity’ patient on one of Winnipeg’s hospital wards his care was rather minimal. One of his greatest and most iconic acts while _Premier?_was the creation of free universal health care. In a 1958 interview, Douglas said: “I’m sure that the standard of public morality we’ve helped build will force government
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