PM tried to scrap health act: Copps&#39; book
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OTTAWA - Sheila Copps has dropped a political bombshell by accusing Prime Minister Paul Martin of a plan to scrap the Canada Health Act when he was finance minister in 1995.
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MISSISSAUGA, Ont. (CP) - Canada&#39;s premiers wrapped up their talks on health care Thursday by challenging Prime Minister Paul Martin to say exactly what he meant when he promised a national pharmacare program during the election campaign.
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OTTAWA: A kiss-and-tell book from a former cabinet member accuses Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin of trying to undermine the country&#39;s cherished health care system, dealing him another blow as he struggles to keep his minority government afloat.
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OTTAWAâPolitical deadlock is looming over the coming first ministers&#39; health summit, with federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh stepping up his public criticism of the premiers&#39; proposal for a national pharmacare program.
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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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Sheila Copps has written an explosive new tell-all book in which she alleges that Prime Minister Paul Martin once pushed to scrap the Canada Health Act while he was finance minister.
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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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Canada&#39;s provincial premiers boycotted a breakfast with Prime Minister Paul Martin on Tuesday, casting a shadow over top-level talks to overhaul the overloaded public health-care system.
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New health secretary admits 'emergency approach' to reform has lost confidence of doctors and nurses.
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BMA 'suspicious' of latest Downing Street initiative to introduce national health screening programme
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OTTAWA (CP) - On the heels of his well-publicized call for medical watchdogs to crack down on doctors working for Internet pharmacies, Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh is asking his provincial counterparts to do their part.
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Cameron uses prime minister's questions to lay claim to campaign to scrap form-filling by police
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The government proposals for public health reform dominated the headlines all week. But past attempts to address the health of the nation have tried and failed, experts say.
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Tory leader calls for less paperwork in an apparent attempt to upstage government announcement
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John Reid, the health secretary, yesterday championed personal choice over state dictation as he launched the government&#39;s wide-ranging blueprint for disease prevention ranging from smoking bans to personal health trainers, curbs on advertising junk food
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OTTAWA - The prime minister&#39;s communications director is denying allegations that Paul Martin considered eliminating the Canada Health Act in a draft of his 1995 budget.
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The Prime Ministerâs office is denying the harsh claims made by one of Paul Martin&#39;s former colleagues. Among the claims in Shelia Copps&#39; new book is that Martin would have sent troops to Iraq had he been PM at the time.