Canada’s health-care system is the original nation-building project

Healthcare infrastructure is no longer limited to bricks and mortar. Digital technologies and infrastructure have become just as essential to delivering high-quality care.
Canada’s modern health-care system began in Saskatchewan under the leadership of then-premier Tommy Douglas, pictured, and quickly became one of Canada’s key nation-building projects: a national effort to build a shared system founded on the principle that health services should be accessible based on need rather than ability to pay.

Canada’s modern health-care system began in Saskatchewan under the leadership of then-premier Tommy Douglas, and quickly became one of the country’s most important nation-building projects: a national effort to build a shared system founded on the principle that health s...

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