Premiers complain about cash as health care summit set to begin
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OTTAWA - Ottawa&#39;s latest $12 billion offer is not enough to fix Canada&#39;s health care system, some premiers are charging as they prepare for an historic three-day summit with the prime minister.
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TORONTO - Ontario will get an additional $7 billion for health care under the agreement reached, early Thursday morning, between the prime minister and the premiers and territorial leaders.
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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.
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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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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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A nationally funded pharmacare plan proposed by the premiers will be too costly, the federal Finance Minister said Thursday, and acknowledged that this September&#39;s meeting with the first ministers may include some head-butting over ...
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OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin kicked off his meeting with the country's premiers and top aboriginal leaders Monday with a &#36;700-million plan to improve native health.
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The cost crunch in health care is being made one of the most potent domestic issues of the election year.
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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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OTTAWAâPrime Minister Paul Martin kicked off the first ministers&#39; meeting yesterday by announcing $700 million to improve aboriginal health.
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MILWAUKEE John Kerry says rising health care costs are putting the financial squeeze on seniors. He&#39;s promising to ease that pinch, which he blames squarely on President Bush.
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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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TORONTO (CP) - The recent $41-billion health-care deal with the federal government will help solve some of today&#39;s problems, but does little to address inevitable challenges in the future, New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord said Thursday.
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TORONTO (CP) - The federal government&#39;s commitment to spend $41 billion on health care was a good deal for the provinces, but it will only help stabilize the system and do little to address inevitable challenges in the future, New Brunswick Premier
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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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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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TONY EASTLEY: AMA President, Dr Bill Glasson might like to get a flak jacket and a tin helmet as he comes under continued heavy fire from the Labor Party for criticising its Medicare Gold policy for over 75&#39;s.