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The paper relates that while social democracy has rarely spoken as a dominant, united voice in Canadian politics, social democrats, both officially and as grassroots activists, have played key roles in shaping Canadian social policy. The paper discusses how their crown jewel has been nationalized healthcare which Tommy Douglas first pioneered in Saskatchewan, thereby forcing the federal government's hand by example. This paper offers a brief overview of the role of social democracy in Canada.

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"While social democracy has rarely spoken as a dominant, united voice in Canadian politics, social democrats, both officially and as grassroots activists, have played key roles in shaping Canadian social policy; their crown jewel being nationalized healthcare which Tommy Douglas first pioneered in Saskatchewan, thereby forcing the federal government's hand by example. But while social democrats in this country have generally found themselves on the outside of the power structure looking in, the official party's job is now more or less the same as it has always been; to find ways to affect change with limited access to the power structure..."

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