One of our most beloved politicians passed away on this day in 1986. Tommy Douglas, (1904-1986), a former Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) premier and national NDP leader, was the first in North America to bring in government medicare health plan.
The former statement barely does justice to Douglas. He was so much more to so many people. Thomas Clement "Tommy" Douglas was a Scottish-born Baptist minister who became a prominent Canadian social democratic politician.
