We agree with the statement contained in the encyclical Quadragesimo Anno, written by Pope Leo XIII, that anything which dominates the life of the community should be owned by the community. That is the basis upon which we believe there should be government ownership of monopolistic enterprises.
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Tommy Douglas was a contemporary premier of saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961. Thomas Clement Douglas was a Scottish-born Canadian politician who served as the seventh premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961 and leader of the New Democratic Party from 1961 to 1971. A Baptist minister, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1935 as a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF). Read more on Wikipedia →