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Minister of Health and Welfare [textual record, graphic material]

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Series

Date:

1962-1969.

Reference:

R16050-2-6-E

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5265235

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Allan J. MacEachen fonds

Minister of Health and Welfare
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Series includes:

3 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1962-1969.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

4.4 m of textual records.
13 photographs : b&w prints ; 20 x 24 cm and smaller.

Language of material:

English

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The records in this series provide evidence of a period when Allan J. MacEachen headed this department during a signal change for Canada in socio-economic policy and institutional life. It was during his tenure, from 1965 to 1968, of the health ministry that Medicare was legislated. This period also saw the adoption of the Canada Pension Plan and the Canada Assistance Plan, as well as changes to the Old Age Pension. In all these programs, MacEachen was a leading voice, and played a more than significant role in defining Canada as a country with a publicly-funded social safety net for the infirm and the aged.

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Arrangement note:

This series was arranged by the archivist, selecting out pertinent files from the general run of deposit boxes of MacEachen material. In content and chronology, it corresponds with MacEachen's tenure of this ministry.

Related material:

See also: Series I, Minister of Labour, Series III, Minister of Manpower and Immigration and Series IV, Minister's Records 1960s.

Source:

Private
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Textual records

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Volume [R16050] 77--98

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Graphic (photo)

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Volume [R16050] 92--93

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