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The Great Depression
Up to 30% of canadians were unemployed
Caused by a sudden drop in commodity prices and declines in economic demand
Reduction of investments, Many Canadians were left unemployed, Companies suffered millions of dollars of losses,
Industrial production dropped, Famers were suffering from a collapse in wheat prices, Many people were left hungry and homeless
This is related to helathcare becasue the loss of jobs across canada inclues the jobs of doctors which provide medical care for citizens. -
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Political party in Canada
This organization wanted to relive the citizens of Canada from healthcare bills and heal them from the great depression
Other parties adopted the policies of the CCF such as unemployment insurance, family allowance, Medicare and universal old age pensions -
Saskatchewan Doctors Strike
23 day labor action exercised by Canadian doctors
Caused because Saskatchewan doctors did not want to work with a compulsory government controlled scheme, they did not want to be “civil servants” and thought they would have no control over how they can work with their patients
There was almost no medical care being provided almost two week because 90 percent of doctors closed their offices in Saskatchewan, Government had to pay money to bring doctors all across the world into Canada to provide -
Canada Health Act
Replaced federal hospitals and medical insurance acts, made it more accessible to the public
People were having trouble getting healthcare because it was hard to access and people could not afford it
People will have to pay higher taxes,
Funding in certain areas was not able to be met (abortion), the capacity to fund some sections of healthcare is sometimes strained depending on the amount of people that require the healthcare -
Canada Health and Social Transfer
This happened becasue there was too much difficulty for the government to handle the money provided to provincial govenments because half of the money was given in cash and the other half in tax. This made it easier becasue it puts it all together and found a way to equlaize the money given to the provinces that are wealth
The consequence of this is that it made everyones job easier to do
