Spotlight on Canada's health-care system during Bernie Sanders's visit to Toronto this weekend

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As he tries to build a movement for universal health care in the United States, Senator Bernie Sanders’s much-anticipated trip to Toronto this weekend is meant to be a fact-finding mission on Canada’s health-care system.

The most popular politician in the U.S., according to a new poll released this summer, Sanders arrives in Toronto Saturday for a whirlwind trip of roundtable discussions, meetings with patients, visits to health-care facilities and this weekend’s hottest ticket – a talk on Sunday at University of Toronto’s Convocation Hall.

Though considered dead-on-arrival in the Republican-controlled Congress, Sanders’s bill hopes to build momentum for universal health care – for the next election.

“This is about more than just passing a bill,” Martin said. “It’s about engaging citizens in a conversation. Senator Sanders is known for his capacity to build a movement and not just campaign on a particular legislation. That’s what he’s trying to do with this bill, build a movement for universal, single-payer health care in the United States, and part of his journey to Canada is to understand how that movement may or may not cross borders.”

Sanders's public talk on “What the U.S. Can Learn from Canadian Health Care” will be livestreamed at 11 a.m. on Sunday. For streaming details, visit the U of T Facebook page on Oct. 28.

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