To J Carlton Calgary, So you want to return to the time of Diefenbaker. Diefenbaker made "Socialist medicare" possible. He first instituted the transfer payments to Saskatchewan for them to implement it and then set up a royal commission to study medicare under Justice Emmet Hall in 1961. The Hall Commission report in 1964 lay the foundation for a national medicare system founded on the principles of a universal, accessible, publicly administered system for all medically necessary treatment and care. Thank you Mr. Diefenbaker