Saskatchewan Government Insurance [SEP] inception
Saskatchewan Government Insurance
Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) was created in 1945 and is a provincial Crown corporation that has been developed over the years into two linked operations.
The Saskatchewan Auto Fund is the province's compulsory public auto insurance program, operating the driver's licensing and vehicle registration system. The Auto Fund is financially self-sustaining, operating on a break-even basis over time. The Saskatchewan Auto Fund does not receive money from or pay dividends to the government.
SGI CANADA sells property and casualty insurance
Saskatchewan doctors' strike
The Saskatchewan doctors' strike was a 23-day labour action exercised by medical doctors in 1962 in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan in an attempt to force the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation government of Saskatchewan to drop its program of universal medical insurance. The strike was from July 1, the day the Saskatchewan Medical Care Insurance Act took force, to July 23.
Background.
The Medicare plan was announced by Premier of Saskatchewan Tommy Douglas in 1959 at a speech he made during the Birch Hills by-