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In 2004, a poll was held to determine The Greatest Canadian. It was won by Tommy Douglas, the Father of Medicare in Canada and someone who had a massive impact on Canadian history.
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*sources*
- The Life and Political Times of Tommy Douglas by Walter Stewart
- Tommy Douglas [Canadian Encyclopedia] https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/tommy-douglas
- Douglas, Thomas Clement [Parks Canada] https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=15195&i=83162
- Thomas Clement "Tommy" Douglas [Government of Canada] https://www.canada.ca/en/parks-canada/news/2019/03/thomas-clement-tommy-douglas-19041986.html
- Douglas, Thomas Clement [Dictionary of Canadian Biography] https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/douglas_thomas_clement_21E.html
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