Martin, premiers reach &#36;28-billion equalization deal; Williams storms out
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OTTAWA (CP) - Paul Martin and the premiers have agreed to a vast reform of the federal equalization program worth &#36;28 billion in new cash for most provinces over 10 years.
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ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. (CP) - A new attempt to break an impasse over offshore energy royalties is an opportunity for Prime Minister Paul Martin to "show leadership, to nation-build," says Nova Scotia Premier John Hamm.
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Prime Minister Paul Martin gained a major victory for his flagging government early Thursday by reaching an agreement with provincial and territorial leaders that would
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KNOWLTON, Que. (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin brushed aside criticism on Friday from a former premier who said Quebec&#39;s side deal in a federal-provincial health accord could weaken the country.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The country&#39;s premiers talked cordially with Paul Martin in front of the TV cameras at the first ministers meeting Tuesday, but behind the scenes they were preparing to attack.
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KELOWNA, BC - Prime Minister Paul Martin says he&#39;s willing to be flexible to reach a long-term health-care deal with the premiers, including the possibility of more equalization payments and individual deals with provinces.
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It wasn&#39;t pretty, but it worked, sort of. The Prime Minister and premiers made a deal. They had to, since &quot;let&#39;s make a deal&quot; was the agenda for the meeting and the PM had said no one could leave until a deal was reached.
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KNOWLTON, Que. (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin brushed aside criticism on Friday from a former premier who said Quebec's side deal in a federal-provincial health accord could weaken the country.
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MONTREAL (CP) - Canada will add to the &#36;80 million in humanitarian aid it will spend in South Asia to help countries recover from the devastating tsunami, Prime Minister Paul Martin said Wednesday.
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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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MARK COLVIN: Meanwhile, the Opposition leader has marked the end of three days&#39; campaigning in Brisbane with a $300-million aged care policy.
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The health agreement reached between Ottawa and the provinces is a curious document. On the one hand, it puts Ottawa back in the game by committing the federal government to ratchet up its share of medicare funding.
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It was almost noon on Wednesday by the time Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty rang up Prime Minister Paul Martin to convey the provincial $18-billion bottom line required to salvage his medicare summit.
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It was supposed to fix health care for a generation, but a much-ballyhooed summit between Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin and the provincial premiers has been
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Toronto -- Prime Minister Paul Martin gained a major victory for his flagging government early Thursday by reaching an agreement with provincial and territorial leaders that would substantially increase federal spending for Canada&#39;s ailing $60 billion
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OTTAWA (CP) - Paul Martin gambled his political future on a health-care deal with the provinces and that gamble appears to have paid off - at least for now.
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OTTAWA - A scheduled three-day first ministers conference next month designed to reform the health system should continue &quot;as long as it takes&quot; to get a deal, Prime Minister Paul Martin said today, even as one of the key premiers said he&#39;ll limit his