KP231 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian Medical Association, Publicly Funded Health Care
21 Feb 2017
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Tommy douglas is said to be the founder of medicare. Canadians take pride in being the innovators for social policy when it comes to publicly funded healthcare. 1911 - liberalism embraced social reform in britain, leading to a new system of state medicine, which induced a similar movement in the us in 1912. 1919 - the federal liberal party chose william lyon mackenzie king as leader, and they adopted a new platform including federal and provincial action towards an adequate system of insurance against unemployment, sickness and dependence in old age. Also in 1919, the dominion department of health was established, designed to coordinate federal activities in health, important in the influenza epidemic and returning soldiers that was a result of immediate post war. 1926- king passes the old age pensions legislation just before the election with the help of labour mps j. s. Bennett installs work camps for single unemployed men in a desperate response to the depression.
