Provinces and Ottawa in final stages of negotiating &#36;18-billion health deal
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OTTAWA (CP) - First ministers were expected Wednesday to complete an agreement that would pump an additional &#36;18 billion into medicare over six years.
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TORONTO -- The government is moving ahead with its revised proposal to Ontario&#39;s doctors because the latest changes address concerns raised by doctors who earlier rejected the deal, Health Minister George Smitherman said Monday.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Paul Martin gambled his political future on a health-care deal with the provinces and that gamble appears to have paid off - at least for now.
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WATERLOO  Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty was playing down expectations today that next month&#39;s first ministers meeting in Ottawa would yield a health-care agreement between Ottawa and the provinces.
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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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The walkout comes as labor and management were reported close to a historic deal over healthcare for retirees.
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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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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 (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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TORONTO - Health Minister George Smitherman told Ontario&#39;s doctors, Friday, that he is finished negoitiating, and is prepared to impose a new contract on them, whether or not they agree to it.
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OTTAWA - Some Liberals are complaining that last week&#39;s federal-provincial health agreement may have been a bit too generous. Last week, Prime Minister Paul Martin and the first ministers signed a $41-billion 10-year agreement on health.
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Canada&#39;s promise to give C$18 billion ($14 billion) to the 13 provinces and territories over the next six years for health care won&#39;t push the federal government into deficit, Finance Minister Ralph Goodale said.
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After three days of operation, the first ministers performed CPR on a new health care funding deal.Late Wednesday night, the Premiers and Prime Minister Paul Martin reached a compromise agreement to put more money into the health-care system.
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TORONTO (CP) - 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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KELOWNA, B.C. (CP) - The federal government will seek a flexible medicare-reform agreement that could include individual deals with provinces, Prime Minister Paul Martin said Wednesday.
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The country&#39;s provincial and territorial health ministers forged ahead today with their push for a multibillion-dollar national pharmacare program despite continuing rejection of the idea from Ottawa.
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QUEBEC (CP) - Provincial ministers in charge of local governments said Friday the new health accord signed with Ottawa gives them confidence they can also reach a new funding deal for cities and towns.