Dodge denies Copps charge that Martin wanted to scrap Canada Health Act
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OTTAWA (CP) - Add the governor of the Bank of Canada to the list of people who say Sheila Copps has a faulty memory.
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OTTAWA: A kiss-and-tell book from a former cabinet member accuses Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin of trying to undermine the country&#39;s cherished health care system, dealing him another blow as he struggles to keep his minority government afloat.
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The Prime Ministerâs office is denying the harsh claims made by one of Paul Martin&#39;s former colleagues. Among the claims in Shelia Copps&#39; new book is that Martin would have sent troops to Iraq had he been PM at the time.
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Paul Martin tells an inquiry he was not involved in a fund scandal, in rare testimony by a sitting Canadian leader.
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TORONTO -- Ontario Health Minister George Smitherman denied yesterday that the province is trying to bribe doctors into cutting prescription drug costs to the poor and elderly, saying the proposal is meant to curb the over-prescription of medication to
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Liberal MPs and cabinet ministers came to the defence of Paul Martin Friday against suggestions by ex-minister Alfonso Gagliano that the prime minister made a grave error in abolishing the sponsorship program.
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OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Paul Martin is facing renewed questions about his involvement in the federal sponsorship program. The questions come after former public works minister Alfonso Gagliano issued an open
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OTTAWA (CP) - The bureaucrat who ran the federal sponsorship program is standing by his contention that Paul Martin&#39;s office tried to interfere in a 1994 advertising contract.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Paul Martin shrugged off criticism Sunday that he was slow to return from vacation to lead Canada's response to the worst humanitarian crisis in recent memory.
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SAINT-QUENTIN, NB -- New Brunswick&#39;s health minister says he won&#39;t respond to demonstrators blocking a highway in the province until they end their protest.
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OPPOSITION Leader Mark Latham today rejected claims that funds would be taken from the states to pay for free hospital care for people aged 75 and over.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin is downplaying the federal-provincial gulf over health funding, saying the first ministers meeting is more than just a numbers game.
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TORONTO (CP) - The Ontario government is adamant it will push ahead with its agenda to improve health care despite a sound rejection of a proposed landmark deal by the province&#39;s doctors.
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TORONTO -- The province will implement its final offer to doctors over the objections of the Ontario Medical Association. Health Minister George Smitherman said yesterday he doesn&#39;t require legislation to
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(CP) - Ottawa would never agree to the kind of national pharmacare program proposed by the premiers because it would cost too much and makes no sense, Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh said Tuesday.
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Ottawa is tossing out the 1998 deal and will enter talks that may aid all victims. OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Paul Martin tossed out one of the most contested policies of the Jean Chretien era with the announcement
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Prime Minister Paul Martin, while finance minister, wanted to abolish the Canada Health Act, end old age pensions and privatize the CBC, former deputy prime minister Sheila Copps alleges in a forthcoming book.