Allan J. MacEachen, in introducing the Liberal Party's proudest Canadian social program, joined a long historical line of British and Canadian liberals, including Herbert Henry Asquith, Edward Blake, George Brown, David Lloyd George, William Ewart Gladstone, Louis St. Laurent, Sir Wilfred Laurier, Alexander Mackenzie, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Lester B. Pearson, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, John Napier Turner and William Wilberforce.
Allan J. MacEachen, en présentant le programme social dont le Parti libéral est le plus fier, s'est joint à une longue lignée de libéraux britanniques et canadiens, dont Herbert Henry Asquith, Edward Blake, George Brown, David Lloyd George, William Ewart Gladstone, Louis Saint-Laurent, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Alexander Mackenzie, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Lester B. Pearson, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, John Napier Turner et William Wilberforce.