it began in one state with tommy douglas. in 2004 the canadian broadcasting company did a poll -- millions of voters. the candidates included alexander ranll, there'd jfk, -- the >> green, and others -- the >> and the one was tommy douglas. host: could you elaborate on that? guest: yes, it is important to know that the healthcare system is imported for canadians. you want to keep our system because it is important for everyone. we want to improve our system because we have wait times, but we still want to keep that universal access. no one needs to be denied health care if he does not have money. this is the basic principle and we. want to. everyone in canada wants to keep that. host: the line for the worse in canada is on the screen. in this country, dr. ouelett, you quite often good to the emergency room if you do not have health care insurance. the causes of soar by those who are injured. what type of procedures are involved? -- the cost are suffered by those who are insured. guest: if you do to the emergency were you not

it began in one state with tommy douglas. in 2004 the canadian broadcasting company did a poll -- millions of voters. the candidates included alexander randall, there'd jfk, -- the >> green, and others -- the >> and the one was tommy douglas. host: could you elaborate on that? guest: yes, it is important to know that the healthcare system is imported for canadians. you want to keep our system because it is important for everyone. everyone. we want to improve our system . we want to keep the universal access for everyone. this is the basic principle of our system and we want to keep it. host: our line for viewers -- we're talking with we're talkingouelett. if you do not have insurance and you need medical care, quite often you go to the emergency room. that absorbs the cost absorbed by those who are uninsured. what type of procedures are involved in canada? guest: if you go to the emergency ward in canada, you will not have to pay anything. if you have any kind of surgery, you will not have to pay anything. you do not have to

it began in one state with tommy douglas. in 2004 the canadian broadcasting company did a poll -- millions of voters. the candidates included alexander randall, there'd jfk, -- the >> green, and others -- the >> and the one was tommy douglas. host: could you elaborate on that? guest: yes, it is important to know that the healthcare system is imported for canadians. you want to keep our system because it is important for everyone. we want to improve our system because we have wait times, but we still want to keep that universal access. no one needs to be denied health care if he does not have money. this is the basic principle and we. want to. everyone in canada wants to keep that. host: the line for the worse in canada is on the screen. in this country, dr. ouelett, you quite often good to the emergency room if you do not have health care insurance. the causes of soar by those who are injured. what type of procedures are involved? -- the cost are suffered by those who are insured. guest: if you do to the emergency were you no

it was tommy douglas, the man who founded canada's health care system.e was deemed the greatest canadian in their history. secondly, i will tell you my personal expense. that first day on vacation in vancouver by has been will cope with a terribly swollen foot and it turned out to be his first attack of gout which he had never before had. the hotel concierge arranged the employment with us for dr. on wilson street which is the equivalent of a doctor on park avenue here. beautiful office and we got seen quite a way. the doctor's been quite a bit of time. but only examined him and told him what was wrong and gave him medication and a device he could use to walk around vancouver, but when it came to paying the bill -- they said $15. i was very embarrassed. i said we are not canadians, but americans. they said we know. and if you were a canadian it would be free. when my husband -- when mike son was in a certain city he never paid a dime. now we're sending a granddaughter there and god forbid they should get sick, but should the issue will be sick. the canad

son tommy works with his dad oncrop management. youngest son douglas works part time on the farm spending most of his working hours as a firefighter. when you add in the grandchildren starting to become involved, the importance of a transition plan becomes clearer. >> well, we've been talking about it for five or six years. roger would like to retire at some point. my boys want to get into it. they're all not boys anymore. they're men. it's time for them to have no only job responsibility but financial responsibility for the operation. we never could quite figure out how to sort it out and get them involved the right way. >> my boint boys aren't here. i don't have the -- my boys aren't here. i don't have the interest as far as passing anything on to my sons as he does. i would just like to someday be able to walk away from it knowing everything is secure and in good hands. >> reporter: enter the farm journal legacy project. for the dels, it means severing the needs of several generation. >> we expect to be able to transfer the farm to the next generati