Doig was raised in a working-class community of Montreal, Quebec, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the McGill University in 1932.
The same article cites Doig as making the following comments in the 1980 federal election: "We are struggling to bring about a socialist society based on the interests of the majority of people who fight the exploitation of a minority.
nor are we fighting for a socialist state and government that can be voted out of office through the ballot box.
His party's platform called for the nationalization of natural resources, and government takeovers of plants that were in financial jeopardy.
Doig proposed that MPPs belonging to the New Democratic Party (NDP) could become part of the "new majority" in the legislature.