Premier not expecting immediate health pact
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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 ...
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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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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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Ontario Health Organizations have given a lukewarm response to the province&#39;s plan for the health care system. Health Minister George Smitherman is establishing a health-results team to cut waiting times.
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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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This past week&#39;s summit on the future of health care in Ottawa wasn&#39;t so much a gong show, as I predicted in the days leading up to it.
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Canada&#39;s premiers issued a challenge yesterday to Prime Minister Paul Martin to say what he meant when he promised a national pharmacare program during the June election campaign.
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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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Restrain the presses. In a new poll, the Canadian Medical Association found declining public satisfaction with medicare. Released one month before Prime Minister Paul Martin sits down in Ottawa to talk about the health-care system with the premiers, it ...
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OTTAWA - Canada&#39;s premiers and territorial leaders released a health funding counter-proposal Tuesday, saying Prime Minister Paul Martin&#39;s offer of $24.
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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 yesterday, even as one of the key premiers said he will limit
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OTTAWA - Premier Gordon Campbell says the federal government&#39;s latest multi-billion offer to increase health-care funding falls far short of what&#39;s needed.
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Well, that&#39;s settled then, isn&#39;t it? Paul Martin, the magpie of a Prime Minister, has declared the issue of wait times for medical treatments to be his government&#39;s priority. And the Canadian Medical Association this week threw its ...
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The federal government has no intention of imposing a health-reform plan on the provinces if there&#39;s an impasse in upcoming first ministers&#39; negotiations, says Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh.
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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
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MISSISSAUGA, Ont. (CP) - The country&#39;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 (CP) - The former governor of Canada&#39;s central bank has made an unusual foray into the political fray over health care, questioning proposals for greater competition within the single-payer medicare system.