Hall chaired a royal commission on the national health system in 1964 that recommended the nationwide adoption of Saskatchewan's model of public health insurance. His recommendations led to the establishment of Canada's national medicare system. He also chaired numerous other royal commissions into education, court structure and grain handling, most notably the 1968 Committee on Aims and Objectives of Education which issued the Hall-Dennis Report which recommended adapting education to the stages of child development.
In 1967 his was the sole dissent in the Supreme Court 8 to 1 judgement upholding the 1959 conviction of Steven Truscott.
EmmettMatthewHall CC, QC, LL.B, LL.D (November 9 1898 - November 11 1995) was a Canadian jurist and civil libertarian and is considered one of the fathers of the Canadian system of Medicare.
Hall was born in Quebec but moved to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1910 when his family took over a dairy farm.
Hall chaired a royal commission on the national health system in 1964 that recommended the nationwide adoption of Saskatchewan's model of public health insurance.