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CBC News Looking Back: The Birth of Medicare
Saskatchewan doctors go on strike in 1961 to protest the introduction of medicare.
- 2000
- 00:05:04
- 13-14
- Added on: 02/03/2021
Generations 100 Years in Saskatchewan
Martin and Alma Hjertaas settled in Saskatchewan in 1915. They were involved in the cooperative movement, the socialist CCF party of Tommy Douglas and the founding of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool. Through the generations, continuing today, the family has prided itself on public service. Orville Hjertaas, son of the pioneer Martin, became a father of medicare. Blain Hjertaas, a member of ...
- 2007
- 00:43:32
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/14/2013
The National Canada's Social Safety Net: The Inheritance (Part 1 of 4)
Canadians see their country as a civilized and caring pioneer in compassionate government programs such as health care, pensions and unemployment insurance. In fact, Canada lagged far behind most of the industrialized world in creating such programs. Terrence McKenna takes a comprehensive look back at the development of Canada's social safety net. Archival news footage and contemporary interviews detail the ...
- 1993
- 00:24:56
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/14/2013
News in Review - November 1993 Medicare: The Cost of Caring
The history of universal health care in Canada and the increasing difficulties of paying for it are the subject of this report.
- 1993
- 00:12:05
- 13-14
- Added on: 11/15/1993
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