Ottawa warns pharmacare a non-starter as premiers set to meet on ...
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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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Canada may halt shipments of prescription drugs to the United States if sales grow so much that they cause drug shortages in Canada, Canadian Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh warned during a speech Wednesday at Harvard Medical School.
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Canada may have to toughen up rules on Internet pharmacies' sales of medicines to the United States, Industry Minister David Emerson said on Friday, amid public concerns of shortages or price spikes despite controls.
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This past week&#39;s summit on the future of health care in Ottawa wasn&#39;t so much a gong show, as I predicted in the days leading up to it.
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A senior official at the state Department of Health says it is unlikely the department will allow the licensing of Canadian pharmacies by the January 15th deadline set by the General Assembly.
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The federal government 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 yesterday.
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OTTAWAâPremier Dalton McGuinty says the upcoming health summit will likely be the first of many meetings between the federal government and the provinces as they attempt to &quot;move the ball down the field&quot; on improving health care.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin kicked off his meeting with the country's premiers and top aboriginal leaders Monday with a &#36;700-million plan to improve native health.
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Liberal Senator Terry Mercer is urging the federal government to get more serious about considering the idea of establishing a national pharmacare program which provincial premiers have been calling for.
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OTTAWA - Prime Minister Paul Martin and Canada&#39;s first ministers begin round two of health care talks Tuesday, after Monday&#39;s talks were marked by bickering over proposed funding to fix the system.
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OTTAWA - Canada&#39;s premiers grew eloquent as they pitched a federally funded pharmacare plan at the natural health summit Tuesday, and Prime Minister Paul Martin responded by agreeing to establish a federal-provincial working group on the issue.
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The government is set to announce plans to ease the rules on the opening of new pharmacies.
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Hospitals told to start special hiring; Health minister says funding is sign province is in &#39;high gear&#39; against C. diff. Quebec Order of Nurses president Gyslaine Desrosiers told a nursing convention yesterday
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OTTAWA (CP) - Canada&#39;s premiers are set to present a counter-proposal that asks Prime Minister Paul Martin to shell out over $5 billion a year in new health-care money.
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OTTAWA - Paul Martin, the Prime Minister, risks driving Quebecers toward separatism if he tries next week to force a medicare deal full of unacceptable conditions on the provinces, the Institute for Research on Public Policy warns.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Canada's premiers are hopeful that Prime Minister Paul Martin's tenuous grip on a minority government will give them leverage to drive a hard bargain at this week's high-stakes health-care summit.
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OTTAWAâFinance Minister Ralph Goodale says the federal government couldn&#39;t possibly pay for the national pharmacare plan favoured by the premiers, which he says would cost Ottawa $12.