Comments on: ‘Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story’ March 12-13 on CBC http://briarpatchmagazine.com/2006/03/02/prairie-giant-the-tommy-douglas-story-march-12-13-on-cbc/ Fiercely independent (and often irreverent) news & views. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:53:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Bessie Vroom Ellis http://briarpatchmagazine.com/2006/03/02/prairie-giant-the-tommy-douglas-story-march-12-13-on-cbc/#comment-86 Bessie Vroom Ellis Wed, 15 Mar 2006 03:48:46 +0000 http://briarpatchmagazine.com/test/?p=203#comment-86 My mother, and a number of our neighbours in rural southwest Alberta, suffered with rheumatoid arthritis for more than 40 years. there was no medical treatment for arthritis then. And if there had been Mom would not have been able to take advantage of treatment because times were so tough that she could not have paid "up front" for the treatment. Medicare means that our loved ones now can have the treatment they need without fear of saddling themselves and their families with a crippling debt. My mother, and a number of our neighbours in rural southwest Alberta, suffered with rheumatoid arthritis for more than 40 years. there was no medical treatment for arthritis then. And if there had been Mom would not have been able to take advantage of treatment because times were so tough that she could not have paid “up front” for the treatment.

Medicare means that our loved ones now can have the treatment they need without fear of saddling themselves and their families with a crippling debt.

]]> By: L. Buzzell http://briarpatchmagazine.com/2006/03/02/prairie-giant-the-tommy-douglas-story-march-12-13-on-cbc/#comment-85 L. Buzzell Tue, 14 Mar 2006 04:44:59 +0000 http://briarpatchmagazine.com/test/?p=203#comment-85 an excellent portrayal of a great man that was unknown for the most part to me. My parents 'loved' T. Douglas and lived in Saskatchewan from the 1920's to 1960's. I was very young when we left Sk. and didn't know much at all about T. Douglas until now. Wonderful movie and very glad I got to see the marvelous work he did for Canada. It makes me proud to be Canadian..L.Buzzell an excellent portrayal of a great man that was unknown for the most part to me. My parents ‘loved’ T. Douglas and lived in Saskatchewan from the 1920’s to 1960’s. I was very young when we left Sk. and didn’t know much at all about T. Douglas until now. Wonderful movie and very glad I got to see the marvelous work he did for Canada. It makes me proud to be Canadian..L.Buzzell

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