PM says health talks merit three days, three weeks; Klein hints at no-show
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OTTAWA (CP) - A scheduled three-day first ministers conference next month designed to reform the health system should continue "as long as it takes" to get a deal, Prime Minister Paul Martin said Thursday, even as one of the key premiers said he'll limit his participation to a single day.
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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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Despite the prime minister&#39;s plea that the first ministers meeting not devolve into an argument over numbers, the first day of his long-awaited health care summit did exactly that.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The head of a Senate committee developing legislation to deal with rising medical malpractice premiums said the panel should finalize its proposal at its next meeting in two weeks, and doesn
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Calgary - Premier Ralph Klein says he will only attend one day of a three-day health-care summit, opting for an oilpatch trade show instead.
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Minister signals foreign policy shift ahead of PM's Washington trip.
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A day after suggesting a new national health-care accord could be a long way off, Prime Minister Paul Martin pledged to work at the September health summit between Ottawa and provinces until a deal gets done.
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KELOWNA - Prime Minister Paul Martin says he&#39;s willing to make concessions to forge a lasting health-care deal with the premiers, including individual deals with the provinces and the possibility of more equalization payments.
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Operating theatres could be kept open longer to help hospitals cut waiting times, Tony Blair is to say.
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EDMONTON (CP) - Alberta Premier Ralph Klein is refusing to attend most of the first ministers conference on health, but he still plans to make his demands firmly known.
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BOURNEMOUTH, England, Sept. 24 -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivered an hour-long nationally televised speech Monday on issues ranging from maternity leave to Darfur, but his policy proposals were largely overshadowed by speculation about whether he will call a snap general election in the com...
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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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The Welsh health minister is 'extremely concerned' that a mother-of-two has to wait 17 weeks to see a breast cancer consultant.
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OTTAWA - Tempers flared at the national health summit on Tuesday over Ottawa&#39;s offer of short-term funding to address long waiting times for some medical procedures - a problem that some of the premiers tracked back to Paul Martin&#39;s term as finance
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The Irish and British premiers will hold talks Friday about a joint strategy to restore a power-sharing government in Northern Ireland within 11 weeks.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Canada&#39;s premiers have presented a counter-proposal that asks Prime Minister Paul Martin to shell out $5.3 billion a year in new health-care money.
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OTTAWA - In a ceremony held in the National Conference Centre just after midnight, the prime minister and the premiers have formally signed a 10-year agreement aimed at rescuing the country&#39;s health-care system.