How Did Tommy Douglass Affect The Economy

Tommy Douglas being determined benefited Canada's economy while R.B Bennett bring determined as well did not. Douglas being determined is shown when he introduces his first idea to reach his goal of universal healthcare.”Douglas made the province financially stable enough to introduce universal hospitalization for all residents of Saskatchewan for an annual fee of $5.” “The grandparent of today's national Medicare system, began providing hospital coverage at $5 per person” (Margoshes 60) Bennett's determination is shown when he suggests solutions to Canada's fallen economy.“ Bennett had tried to bring back prosperity using traditional economic tools, including high import tariffs.” When Tommy Douglas create public hospital insurance it boosted Canada's economy because it helped citizens save money avoiding bankruptcy meaning companies would have a more healthier and productive workforce and also gave people jobs (insurance agents etc) reducing unemployment. But Bennett's goal of benefiting the economy did not work out because the raising tariffs only made unemployment rise even more especially when the Great Depression was happening during that time. To sum up, Tommy Douglas’s determination lead to a stronger economy by putting people to work and giving companies a more healthier and productive

Many people who know of Tommy Douglas and his impact on Canada, could easily say that he is one of the greatest Canadians in all of Canada’s history. Tommy Douglas is no ordinary person, he played a big role in why Canada is great to this day. He believed that every Canadian has a right to quality healthcare, regardless of the social or economical state that, that person might be in. In sticking to his belief, he led the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation(CCF), a government which was formed as a political coalition of progressive, socialist, and labour groups that requested economic reformation to help the Canadians who suffered from The Great Depression. CCF won Saskatchewan to form the first socialist government in North America. This party

idea of turning Canada back to its original roots. He compares Harper's government system with Pierre Trudeau’s. Arguing about the struggles and failures of

Born on April 23, 1813 in Brandon Vermont, Stephen A Douglas went on and made something out of his life. Douglas, also known as the “Little Giant” standing at 5 feet 4 inches tall, had huge political ambitions. Douglas attended preparatory school, and after graduating learned the trade of cabinetmaking. He later moved to New York and started to farm. In New York, he started to study law at Canandaigua Academy. Then moved to Ohio, later he found himself in Westchester, Illinois his final settling place and he continued to practice law and started to teach. He married a wealthy socialite Martha Martin who died in the childbirth of her second son. Later Mr. Martin passed and Martha and Stephen received land, slaves and a lot of wealth. He tended to his plantations from afar, because of his bigger ambitions for politics in Illinois. A couple years later he got remarried, and was a father to many children. Douglas held position in many political offices some of them included, states attorney for Morgan Circuit, register of the land office, democratic Senator to the United States, and the Chairman of the territory committee. Douglas significantly impacted America through, popular sovereignty, the Compromise of 1850, and his

Being a Baptist preacher, Tommy Douglas was a religious man. His religion ruled many choices in his early life. Douglas would spend every Sunday in the Weyburn church preaching the gospel, and on the weekdays, he would do what he could to help the suffering of poor. As at the time, the great economic depression had it’s grip on Saskatchewan. Furthermore, Tommy Douglas was also a pragmatist. Instead of thinking on the ideals, he thought practically. He was a calculating man. Many people despised his views, not his religious views, but his political ones. As a member of the Cooperative Commonwealth Foundation and later the New Democratic Party, he was a social-democrat or “socialist”. A lot of citizens thought the government would fall under

Tommy Douglas is most famously known for his contribution in making free health care available for all Canadians. During the Great Depression, Tommy Douglas was disturbed by the sight that he saw. In the Drought ravaged province of Saskatchewan, Tommy Douglas saw many individuals die from not being able to afford medical care for their families. In the year 1960, Tommy Douglas was finally successful in making health care free for all Saskatchewan citizens. After making it to the federal level under the banner of the New Democratic Party (NDP), Douglas advocated for every Canadian Citizen to be entitled to free healthcare because only about 50 percent of all Canadians in other provinces carried some health insurance to cover the ever-growing hospital costs (Alexandrowicz et al.). Even

Tommy Douglas was a man of the people. His struggles during his working class life formed his liberal ideology, so that no one else would have to. He was a man of the people, he lived without healthcare -which nearly cost him his leg-, he witnessed protesters being shot, the list of horrible things he’s seen and experienced is rather expansive. However, Douglas was a man who wanted change, for the benefit of regular people such as himself. His life experience being the normal man of the times, and witnessing what happened to those who took action, allowed him to see the shortcomings of the laws that were meant to serve the individuals of the country. The ideals he had formed were based on what would allow the average individual to have the freedom to

Canada’s healthcare system started in 1946 and is made up of a group of socialized health insurance plans that provides coverage to all Canadian citizens. It is publicly funded and administered on a provincial or territorial basis with in the rules set by their federal government. Since the late 1960’s Canada essential has had a universal health insurance system covering all services provided by physicians and hospitals. In 1966 Lester B Pearson’s government subsequently expanded a policy of the universal healthcare with the medical care act. Canada’s healthcare system is the subject of political controversy and debate in the country. While healthcare in America began in the late 1800’s but was truly born in 1929 when Justin Kimball

Frederick Douglass is from the autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Douglass was born in Tuckahoe, Maryland, in February 1818 as a slave. His mother was Harriet Bailey and his father was rumored to be Aaron Anthony, a white plantation manager. He learns how to read and write when at Master Hugh Auld’s plantation. Frederick Douglass learned how to read not knowing that slavery was bad, but he started to read newspapers and would see all the effects slavery has on everyone. Douglass quickly regretted learning how to read and write and would wish death upon himself, all he wanted was to be free.

Fredrick Douglass was a black leader who changed people’s view of slavery, and he had many achievements throughout his life. By giving many speeches Fredrick Douglass began to give speeches about the harms of slavery in 1841. Fredrick Douglass was the only man who took part in women’s rights. One way he changed America’s view of slavery is by marrying a white woman to try to break the cycle of racism. He also spoke against beer and alcohol. Douglass also reached people by writing books such as his autobiography “ The Narrative of the life of Fredrick Douglass”.

     In the past, Canada’s government-funded, universally accessible, health care system has been praised and admired both at home and abroad as one of the finest in the world. A great source of pride and comfort for many Canadians is that it is based on five fundamental principles. Principles that are a reflection of the values held by Canadian citizens since the formation of Medicare in 1966. These principles were reinforced in the Canada Health Act, (CHA), of 1984 and state that the Canadian system is universal, accessible, portable, comprehensive and non-profit.

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At some point in time, we all must have had a chance of sitting in a waiting room of a hospital. I had a chance to visit the doctor last week and it was horrible, I had to wait to meet the doctor for around 4 hours While I was dying of pain. That made me to curse the whole hospital system in Canada and that 's the main reason that lead me to prepare this essay . British Columbia health care system with emphasis on " Providing " patient-centred care". which is defined as "Shifting the culture of health care from being disease-centred and provider-focused to being patient centered". This represents a great polished political language which they use to make people feel content and confident by confusing without them knowing that they are being confused.

moved to Winnipeg in 1911 along with his mother and sister to meet his father who had

When asked to describe what makes Canada unique compared to other countries, many outsiders might yell out “Hockey!” “Cold Weather!” or “Free Health Care!.” Health care is definitely one of Canada’s most noticeable trademarks when compared to the United States, but the reality is that our health care services are not what they are made out to be. Canadians tend to take pride in the fact that they have a Government funded health care system, but the system is failing at a rapid pace. One can gage the quality of health care in our country while at the emergency ward in any hospital, where most Canadians realize its downsides. The Government spends most of its budget towards health care but Canadians are not feeling an improvement. Waiting