Canadian health system admired
Fact Box
The Daily Mining Gazette welcomes letters to the editor from readers.
Letters should be signed and include name, address and telephone number. Names will not be withheld and letters should be no longer than 400 words. No personal attacks. Writers are limited to one letter per month. The Gazette reserves the right to edit letters for length, as well as for spelling and punctuation.
Mail letters to: Letters to the Editor, The Daily Mining Gazette, P.O. Box 368, Houghton, MI 49931. Letters may also be e-mailed to lholcombe@mininggazette.com or submitted on the Gazette's Web site, mininggazette.com, by clicking on "Submit News."
Article Links
» Submit a Letter to the EditorTo the editor:
In 2004, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation held a nation-wide contest for the "Greatest Canadian." The program was extremely popular with Canadians, with Ron McLean of hockey fame and news broadcaster, Wendy Mesley as hosts. Nominations could come from any Canadian and could include anyone throughout Canadian history. Among others, nominees included Lester Pearson, Wayne Gretzky, MacKenzie King, Terry Fox, David Suzuki, Pierre Trudeau and Don Cherry.
After the initial nominations, votes were solicited from all Canadians and the nominations were narrowed to a final 10.
Then, over a period a several weeks, the CBC aired biographies of each of the finalists. A final vote was taken from all Canadians.
The winner?
Tommy Douglas, the Premier of Saskatchewan who developed a single-payer health care system for his province. The same health care program was eventually adopted by the nation.
This should say something to those of us who criticize the Canadian health care system. It should say something to our "representatives" in Congress and it should say something to our president.
Janet Dalquist
Houghton
Facebook
MySpace
Digg
Stumble
Mixx
Fark
del.icio.us
LiveSpaces
