Canada's universal health care system, internationally recognized as one of the best medical systems in the world, began with the Medical Care Act on July 1, 1968. Canada Firsts . Lap-Chee Tsui and his team of scientists made the discovery in July 1989. Canada Firsts . Canada Firsts .
Basketball is a Canadian invention.
The National Film Board of Canada is the world's largest government film unit. Since its inception in 1939, the NFB has won almost 3000 national and international awards. Canada Firsts . Canadian chanteuse Celine Dion was recently honoured as the world's top-selling female francophone recording artist. Canada Yearbook 1997 . 1996, p.230.