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Also known as Thomas Clement Douglas

premier ministre de la Saskatchewan de 1944 à 1961

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Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1952-03-11
Active to
2001-05-11
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Tommy Douglas (November 9, 1911–9 March 1965) was an American jazz clarinetist, bandleader and reed instrumentalist born in Eskridge, Kansas, probably better known for his work as a sideman for Jelly Roll Morton and Bennie Moten. He was also an accomplished bandleader, showcasing such talent in his bands as Charlie Parker and Jo Jones, among others. He also performed with Captain Woolmack's Band and the Clarence Love Orchestra. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Tommy+Douglas">Read more on Last

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  • The speech from the throne speaks about maintaining peace - peace today, when Canadian nickel is being indirectly shipped to Ethiopia. Peace today, when Italian aeroplanes are being flown with British oil! Peace! Mr. Speaker, if this be peace it must be like the peace of the Lord - it passeth all understanding.
  • I am sure that hon. members will realize that I am not drawing on my imagination when I state that last fall there were children going to school in Saskatchewan with only sacking wrapped around their feet. We have gone into homes and found mothers and children lying on piles of bedding in the corner; they did not have the proper bedding equipment or the proper clothing to meet the rigours of a very cold winter.
  • Will it be a great source of comfort to certain Canadian boys to know that the bullet that maimed them for life was made from Canadian nickel sold by the International Nickel Company?
  • When the war came we were shocked to find, as Mr. Thorson, the then Minister of National War Services said, that forty-six per cent of the men called were rejected because that depression had left physical and psychological scars which will never be erased from that generation.
  • We agree with the statement contained in the encyclical Quadragesimo Anno, written by Pope Leo XIII, that "anything which dominates the life of the community should be owned by the community." That is the basis upon which we believe there should be government ownership of monopolistic enterprises.
  • We believe that no nation can survive politically free but economically enslaved.

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Thomas Clement Douglas, dit Tommy Douglas, né le 20 octobre 1904 à Falkirk (Écosse) et mort le 24 février 1986 à Ottawa, est un homme politique canadien d'origine britannique. Il est le 7e premier ministre de la Saskatchewan, en fonction de 1944 à 1961, principalement connu pour être le père de l'institution de l'assurance maladie universelle au Canada. Douglas dirige l'un des premiers gouvernements sociaux-démocrates en Amérique du Nord et est le premier chef fédéral du Nouveau Parti démocratique (NPD). Douglas est aussi un ministre du culte et imprimeur. Sa fille, l'actrice Shirley Douglas, est la mère de l’acteur Kiefer Sutherland issu de son mariage en 1966 avec l’acteur Donald Sutherland dont elle divorce en 1970. En 1961, sur les ondes de la Société Radio-Canada, Tommy Douglas raconte Mouseland, une histoire écrite par l'homme politique canadien Clarence Gillis, son ami. Il s'agit d'une fable politique exprimant l'opinion du Parti social démocratique du Canada, auquel ils adhère avant de rejoindre le nouveau NDP, selon laquelle le système politique fédéral canadien est vicié en offrant aux électeurs un faux dilemme : le choix de deux partis, dont aucun des deux ne représenterait leurs intérêts.

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