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Friday, November 14, 2014

Founder Of Canada's Single Payer Healthcare System Is "The Greatest Canadian Ever"

Tommy Douglas
Presbyterian Minister

The Greatest Canadian

The Greatest Canadian
TV the greatest canadian logo.jpg
The Greatest Canadian logo
GenreDocumentary
Developed byCanadian Broadcasting Corporation
Written byGary Pearson
Directed byGuy O'Sullivan
Broadcast
Original airing17 October 2004
Officially launched on 5 April 2004, The Greatest Canadian was a television program series by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) to determine who is considered to be the greatest Canadian of all time, at least according to those who watched and participated in the program. The project was inspired by the BBC seriesGreat Britons.
Radio-Canada, the national publicly funded French-Language broadcasting agency, was not involved in The Greatest Canadian project, reducing the input of Canada'sFrench-Canadian minority over the results. The CBC did make its website available in French, however.
The "Greatest Canadian" was not decided by a simple popular poll, but was instead chosen through a two-step voting process.
On 17 October 2004 the CBC aired the first part of The Greatest Canadian television series. In it, the bottom 40 of the top 50 "greatest" choices were revealed, in order of popularity, determined by polls conducted by E-mail, website, telephone, and letter. To prevent bias during the second round of voting, the top ten nominees were presented alphabetically rather than by order of first round popularity.
This second vote was accompanied by a series of documentaries, where 10 Canadian celebrities acting as advocates each presented their case for The Greatest Canadian. Voting concluded on 28 November at midnight and the following evening, 29 November, the winner was revealed to be Tommy Douglas.

Top 10[edit]

On 17 October 2004, the top 10 nominees were revealed in alphabetical order, and on 29 November the top 10 were announced in order of votes:[1]
RankImageNameNotabilityBirthplaceAdvocate
10Wgretz edit2.jpgWayne GretzkyHockey player, holder of numerous NHL recordsBrantfordOntarioDeborah Grey
9Alexander Graham Bell.jpgAlexander Graham BellScientist, inventor,
founder of the Bell Telephone Company
Edinburgh, ScotlandEvan Solomon
8Brady-Handy John A Macdonald - cropped.jpgSir John A. MacdonaldFirst Prime Minister of CanadaGlasgow, ScotlandCharlotte Gray
7Cherry Maclean2.jpgDon CherryHockey coach and commentatorKingston, OntarioBret Hart
6Lester B. Pearson with a pencil.jpgLester B. PearsonFourteenth Prime Minister of Canada,
United Nations General Assembly President,
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Toronto, OntarioPaul Gross
5Image-David Suzuki speech head shot.jpgDavid SuzukiEnvironmentalistVancouver, British ColumbiaMelissa Auf der Maur
4Fredrick banting.jpgSir Frederick BantingMedical scientist, co-discoverer of insulin,
winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Alliston, OntarioMary Walsh
3Pierre Trudeau.jpgPierre TrudeauFifteenth Prime Minister of CanadaMontrealQuebecRex Murphy
2TerryFoxToronto19800712.JPGTerry FoxAthlete, activist, humanitarianWinnipegManitobaSook-Yin Lee
1Tommycropped.jpgTommy DouglasFather of MedicarePremier of SaskatchewanFalkirk, ScotlandGeorge Stroumboulopoulos

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