Canadian NDP leader to be in meetings with WH officials re Canadian Healthcare

Jack Layton to spread virtues of Canadian universal health care to White House

TORONTO - Armed with the virtues of Canadian health care, Jack Layton is heading to Washington this week, hoping to bolster President Barack Obama's intentions to reform the American health system.

The federal New Democrat leader is to spend two and a half days meeting with White House officials and members of Congress.

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"But the principles of universality, of access and of insuring that health care's available to everybody, those kinds of principles are very much motivating the Obama administration."

Layton said he and his contingent will aim to destroy what he calls myths being perpetuated by right-wing health care privatizers who don't want Obama's plans realized.

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when canadians were gonna fight back against all this slander on their healthcare system

Interesting that he'd invite the leader of the most progressive party in Canada to get advice.
And that the NDP is the same party that introduced single-payer in Canada (although back then it was called the CCF).

I'm sure Jack will tell him - it's single-payer or nothing.

given, as you say, it was the CCF (forerunner of the NDP) that started the ball rolling. It is very appropriate that it is him, imo.