Tommy Douglas … (20 October 1904 – 24 February 1986) was a Scottish-born Canadian social-democratic politician and Baptist minister.

… Saskatchewan CCF’s leader and then the seventh Premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961. His government was the first democratic socialist government in North America, and it introduced the continent’s first single-payer, universal health care program. …

He’s much celebrated in Canada, in 2004 voted “Greatest Canadian” by viewers in one online vote.

Arriving Saskatoon early on a Sunday morning, I saw this tribute.

Nearby was this homeless man.

Tommy would be displeased. 😦

Saskatoon is a boom town right now. With a very low unemployment rate.