M997.63.257 | Health Insurance: Where the Parties Stand
Health Insurance: Where the Parties Stand
Normand Hudon
1962, 20th century
Ink, crayon and opaque white
35 x 28 cm
Gift of Mme Arlette Hudon
M997.63.257
© McCord Museum
Description
Keywords: Cartoon (19139) , Drawing (18637) , drawing (18379) , Federal (334) , figure (1849) , group (644) , Health insurance (1) , John Diefenbaker (34) , Leaders (428) , Lester B. Pearson (54) , Liberal Party (201) , Liberal Party of Canada (243) , male (1608) , New Democratic Party (16) , Political parties (800) , Political stakes (346) , Politicians (860) , politics (10928) , Politics (1624) , Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (109) , Robert N. Thompson (6) , Social Credit Party of Canada (19) , Tommy Douglas (9) , Welfare state (29)
Keys to History
The debate on the coming into force of a federal health insurance program aroused a range of reactions that divided Canada's main political parties.
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What
While three federal political parties (NDP, Liberals, Social Credit) agreed on the principle of a health insurance program, but not on how to implement it, the Progressive Conservative Party clearly preferred to remain cautiously non-committal.
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Where
The House of Commons, in the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, is where the main political debates take place.
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When
The debate on the federal health insurance program was a major political issue in the 1960s.
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Who
The leaders of the four main federal political parties (Tommy Douglas, Lester B. Pearson, Robert Thompson and John Diefenbaker) stated their respective positions on the health insurance program.
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