In a live special airing on Monday night, Tommy Douglas received the coveted title of "Greatest Canadian" as CBC counted down the Top 10 candidates in their national contest. He was the founder of medicare.

If it werent for tommy douglas I would not have medicare. That means if I were to be injured my parents would have to pay a big bill for surgery or whatever was needed. But thanks to tommy douglas we pay something like 20$ a month and we get free health care