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Citizens' Forum discusses the possibility of medicare

Since Tommy Douglas helped usher in Canada's medicare system in 1967, it has earned the envy of the international community. Many Canadians see free public health care as the hallmark of what Pierre Elliott Trudeau called "The Just Society." Yet, as the medicare debate has proven, it's a system that is not without its flaws or opponents.

Health services for all. We are asking the question how and when? This is the topic for discusussion on tonight's Citizen's Forum.

Medium: Radio

Program: Citizens' Forum

Broadcast Date: Dec. 15, 1955

Guest(s): Leonard O. Bradley, Paul Martin Sr., Owen C. Trainor

Moderator: Ralph Albrant

Duration: 29:00


Last updated: April 22, 2013

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