Premiers rely on Martin&#39;s minority troubles to drive hard bargain ...
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Canada&#39;s premiers are hopeful that Prime Minister Paul Martin&#39;s tenuous grip on a minority government will give them leverage to drive a hard bargain at this week&#39;s high-stakes health-care summit.
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Toronto - It&#39;s getting so late in the game, so to speak, Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin has offered federal mediation as a last-ditch possibility.
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MISSISSAUGA, Ont. (CP) - The country's premiers arrived for a key meeting Wednesday unsure on whether to try to force Ottawa to set up a national pharmacare program, but firmly convinced that more federal money for health is essential.
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OTTAWA -- Premier Gary Doer choked yesterday. After weeks of tough talk about how he planned to hold Prime Minister Paul Martin&#39;s feet to the fire on an election promise to set up a national pharmacare program, Doer went limp.
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Canadian beef is on both the agenda and the dinner plate for tomorrow&#39;s summit between Paul Martin and George W. Bush. The Prime Minister will press the President to accelerate his government&#39;s
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If one had to pick two pivotal players at the medicare summit Prime Minister Paul Martin will be hosting next week, they would be Manitoba&#39;s Gary Doer and New Brunswick&#39;s Bernard Lord.
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OTTAWA -- Day one of a national summit intended to fix medicare for a generation degenerated into a numbers war, with premiers shooting holes into what Prime Minister Paul Martin claimed was a federal cash offer of $58.
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OTTAWAâPrime Minister Paul Martin kicked off the first ministers&#39; meeting yesterday by announcing $700 million to improve aboriginal health.
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We sympathize with readers who are unsure of what to make of the equalization deal reached Tuesday in Ottawa between Prime Minister Paul Martin and the nine premiers who remained after Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams stormed out in a fit
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OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin kicked off his meeting with the country&#39;s premiers and top aboriginal leaders Monday with a $700-million plan to improve native health.
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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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Prime Minister Paul Martin said yesterday that a first ministers conference on medicare merits three days, three weeks or three months of negotiation -- even as Alberta Premier Ralph Klein
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The initial reaction from commentators to the outcome of this week&#39;s first ministers&#39; conference on health care was that Prime Minister Paul Martin was the loser in the deal.
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Comment is free: Martin Jacques: The celebrity premier's successor can become a leader of substance if only he has the political courage to get serious.
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Canada&#39;s business community may have found a well-placed advocate at the cabinet table in David Emerson, but that doesn&#39;t mean the new federal Industry Minister will necessarily carry the day on bank mergers.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Two days of friendly banter couldn&#39;t bridge the chasm separating George W. Bush and Paul Martin in style, substance and worldview.
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WATERLOO -- Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty was playing down expectations yesterday that next month&#39;s first ministers meeting in Ottawa would yield a health-care agreement between Ottawa and the provinces. McGuinty, chairperson of the group of provincial ...