Heritage Minutes: J.S. Woodsworth

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Opposition MPs guarantee Prime Minister Mackenzie King a coalition government in return for the creation of Canada's Old-Age Pension plan (1926).

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James Shaver Woodsworth was the first leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF). In 1926 he demonstrated the worth of the parliamentary process when he bargained his vote (and that of one colleague) in return for a promise from the politically insecure PM Mackenzie King to enact an old-age pension plan. Introduced in 1927, the plan was the cornerstone of Canada's social-security system.

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Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF):
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Old-Age Pension:
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William Lyon Mackenzie King:
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