Roy Romanow

Romanow was a close personal friend to Pierre Trudeau and still is with Jean Chrétien. During the 1981 discussions over the repatriation of the Canadian constitution[?] it was these three men who worked out most of Canada's new constitution at the famous late night kitchen table discussion[?]. Romanow helped push the constitution to the left, he objected strongly to any protections on private property in the new Charter of Rights and Freedoms[?], and none were included.

On November 7, 1987 Mr. Romanow replaced Allan Blakeney as leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party[?]. When the Party won the 1991 Saskatchewan election, he became Premier of Saskatchewan. He retired in 2001, and was replaced by Lorne Calvert[?] as Premier.

The Liberals, and especially Chrétien have long tried to encourage Romonow to run federally as a liberal, but he has always refused. Instead on April 4, 2001, Roy was appointed to head the Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada[?] by Prime Minister Jean Chretien. Roy released the Romanow Report[?] in 2002, which outlined suggestions to improve health care facilities.