The Citizen, 2004-11-25, Page 19Nov. 28 - 1 Timothy 3:1ff
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THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2004. PAGE 19.
From the Minister's Study
Why Tommy Douglas is the greatest Canadian
By Rev. Dr. Eugen Bannerman
Blyth United Church
The CSC has asked Canadians
across the country to send in their
votes for the greatest Canadian, past
or present. Tommy Douglas, the
Baptist minister and premier of
Saskatchewan, continues to lead the
Who's Who of Canadian Greats.
Why did Tommy Douglas surge
ahead of other great Canadians, like
John A MacDonald, Dr. Banting,
Alexander Graham Bell, and Lester
Pearson? What was there about this
little preacher from Saskatchewan
that has endeared him to all
Canadians?
A simple answer is that he is the
"Father of Medicare."
Douglas told the Saskatchewan
legislature when he first came to
office in 1944, "I made a pledge that
if I ever have anything to do with it,
people would be able to get health
services just as they are able to get
educational services, as an
inalienable right of being a citizen."
It took Douglas more than 15
years to achieve that goal. In the end,
it was Prime Minister Lester Pearson
in 1967 who enacted a funding
formula based on the Saskatchewan
model that brought free medicare to
all provinces.
Today. nearly 40 million Canadian
men. women and children are the
beneficiaries of Douglas' dream that
every citizen should have equal
opportunity to receive the best
medical care available.
And Canadians are showing their
approval by voting for "this little
man with big ideas."
Maybe the people of Canada are
also saying to today's government
leaders bent on cutting back on
health care, "Don't tamper with
medicare."
To Douglas the preacher. the
Christian religion and democratic
socialism were part of the same
thinking, "that you were-out to build
the New Jerusalem." Faith was of
little value if it was not faith-in-
action.
How do you talk to a man about
saving his soul if he's got a
toothache, or worse still, he has a
child that needs medical care and
can't get it, or if the landlord is going
to put him out of his house because
he hasn't the money to pay the rent'?
Are you going to get him concerned
about his soul?
Surely you have to be concerned
about people. Jesus was.
And Tommy Douglas was.
Jesus went about doing good,
healing people of phySical and
mental diseases.
In his lifetime. Jesus may have
restored no more than a hundred
people to health. By extending free
health care benefits to all citizens,
Tommy Douglas has helped to heal
many millions of Canadians who
could otherwise not afford medical
treatment.
"You won't find • me very
interesting." Douglas once told his
biographer, Doris Shackleton. "all I
ever do is work."
Tommy Douglas - was not Just a
tireless worker for the common
people he represented. he was an
innovator and political reformer
such as Canada has never had.
Note his list of accomplishments.
As premier, Douglas enacted over
100 bills in his first term of office.
all designed to improve the living
and working conditions of his
people. He paved roads and installed
electricity and sewage systems. He
introduced compulsory • car
insurance, hrought in old age
pensions, unemployment insurance.
and improved mother's allowances;
he set up Canada's first small claims
courts, and the first publicly4unded
medical and hospital insurance
plans. He provided for Canada's first
air ambulance. And on and on.
In the 1940s, these were radical
and costly social programs. Now
they are mainstream policies ()f all
political parties.
Tommy Douglas was born in
1904, and died in 1986. Today. a
century after his birth, and 60 years
after becoming premier ot
Saskatchewan. Canadians across the
country are voting to give Douglas time.
the greatest accolade he could ever I am so delighted the greatest
have imagined, the gift of being Canadian was a Christian mini,
ranked the greatest Canadian of all ter.
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Ethel United Church
9:30 a.m.
White Gift Service
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Brussels United Church
11:00 a.m.
White Gift Service
Everyone invited for Soup and Sandwich lunch
following the service
Beginning the Advent Journey to Christmas
Getting started
Nine-year-old Adventurer, Morgan Bos, receives her GEMS
(Girls Everywhere Meeting the Saviour) badge from
counsellor Brenda Sjaarda at the first meeting. (Photo
submitted) SING A SONG 0.F
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