Asymmetrical federalism won&#39;t hurt Canada, provincial minister ...
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The health deal signed this month with its recognition of asymmetrical federalism is simply a reflection of the way Canada works - not a prelude to Quebec signing the Canadian constitution, says Quebec&#39;s Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Benoit Pelletier
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The federal government and the provinces collided over the future of Canada&#39;s cherished medicare program yesterday, with Prime Minister Paul Martin warning that the gulf between the two sides
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The federal government can likely scrape up a few billion extra bucks for a health-care deal with the provinces - but that won&#39;t leave much cash in Ottawa&#39;s piggy bank for anything else, analysts say.
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Canada said on Thursday the multibillion-dollar health-care deal it has negotiated with its provinces will not derail its day-care and urban-renewal initiatives
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TORONTO (CP) - Ontario must exercise restraint in keeping to its plan to balance the budget, Finance Minister Greg Sorbara said Thursday as he gave his first economic statement since May&#39;s budget.
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Premier Dalton McGuinty sent a shot across the bow of have-not provinces Sunday, warning that Ontario will not support efforts to wring billions more in equalization payments out
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Canada's Bloc Quebecois backs a government motion that Quebecers are "a nation within a united Canada".
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OTTAWA -- The bureaucrat who was in charge of drafting the 1995 budget says it never called for scrapping the Canada Health Act. Don Drummond, former assistant deputy minister of fiscal policy in the Finance
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New Zealand Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard doesn&#39;t favor a single regulator to supervise banks in Australia and New Zealand, saying that may lead to conflict between the interests of both nations.
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Europe's governments should see immigration as an "enrichment" not a threat says the EU's justice commissioner.
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That&#39;s according to Canada&#39;s health minister. Speaking at Harvard Medical School on Wednesday, Ujjal Dosanjh says Canada can&#39;t be the &quot;drug store of the United States.
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TORONTO -- Health Minister George Smitherman says the province will move ahead with its latest proposal to Ontario&#39;s doctors, even though it doesn&#39;t have their approval.
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Canadian Trade Minister David Emerson  held firm on Thursday to threats to consider action against  China at the World Trade Organisation, despite talks with his  Chinese counterpart he said were broad and friendly.
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CALGARY (CP) - Federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh discounted suggestions from some provincial premiers that the recent 10-year deal on health care won&#39;t be enough.
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CHARLOTTETOWN (CP) - Quebec Premier Jean Charest says the fiscal imbalance between Ottawa and the provinces is one of the major impediments to a much-needed renewal of Canada's federal system.
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When the federal government says it can&#39;t afford a national pharmacare program -- the one recently proposed by the provinces -- what it&#39;s really saying is that the provinces can&#39;t afford what they already have.
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Calgary - Kelley Charlebois, whose contracts with the health department drew criticism from the auditor general, says the rates he charged the province weren&#39;t excessive.