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Roy Romanow, from medicare debate to chancellor’s chair Former Saskatchewan premier Roy Romanow is now chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan. (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) Ned Powers Saskatoon Express oy Romanow, former Saskatchewan premier, Canadian health advocate and now the chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan, attributes events during the medicare crisis of the early 1960s with shaping the
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political choices he’s pursued. While a student at the University of Saskatchewan, Romanow began to be attracted to the theories and philosophies of the CCF movement. “In 1962, I was chair and master of ceremonies for a university rally where Tommy Douglas, then the new leader
of the national NDP party, was going to speak in defence of medicare,” said Romanow. “Medicare was a hot item because, at the time, people were strongly for it or strongly against it. Tommy needed police protection to get from his car into the university hall. It took about half an
hour for us to tame the noisy protestors who had already entered the hall. I was in awe of Tommy’s ability as an orator and his sense of humour. And as his speech went on, he changed the thinking of many people within the building. (Continued on page 5)
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