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Lisa
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Thu Jul-31-03 03:15 PM
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... elected the first socialist government in North America. (This was after WWII -- the new premier, Tommy Douglas, introduced Medicare. The plan was later copied by the feds, who were afraid that the NDP would become so popular they'd end up running the country!)
I am convinced that the only reason the US military didn't march into Regina during the McCarthy era was because they couldn't find it on a map.
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