Canada&#39;s Goodale Says C$18 Bln for Health Won&#39;t Cause a Deficit
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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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Canadian Finance Minister Ralph Goodale said the budget surplus will be larger than forecast as faster-than-expected economic growth boosts government revenue.
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WINNIPEG -- If Canadians face a shortage of doctors or nurses in a few years&#39; time, it will be the fault of the provinces, not Ottawa, federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh said yesterday.
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With those words, Federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh has just put our neighbours on notice that Ottawa won&#39;t threaten Canada&#39;s own drug supply by allowing any number of Americans to buy cheaper medication through the booming cross-border prescription
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Finance Minister Ralph Goodale says the federal government should achieve an $5.9-billion surplus this year. That compares to $9.1 billion in 2003-04, he told the House of Commons finance committee on Tuesday.
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OTTAWA - Canada&#39;s premiers and territorial leaders have laid down a demand that Ottawa commit to permanently funding 25 per cent of the cost of health care in the country.
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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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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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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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There&#39;s nothing wrong with a separate health deal for Quebec at next week&#39;s first-ministers meeting, Premier Jean Charest said yesterday, following a meeting with various representatives from Quebec&#39;s health care network.
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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 today.
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OTTAWA -- The federal government is kicking in billions in extra bucks for a health-care deal with the provinces -- but that won&#39;t leave much cash in Ottawa&#39;s piggy bank for anything else, analysts say.
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Only a few months after crying poverty, Finance Minister Ralph Goodale says last year&#39;s surplus topped $9.1 billion -- almost five times more than originally predicted.
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Increased medical spending may bust future budgets - and won't make Americans healthier, says the head of the Congressional Budget Office.
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A multi-billion-dollar federal boost won&#39;t bring a quick fix for Canada&#39;s ailing health-care system, medical experts warn.
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Federal officials flatly rejected the $12-billion-plus price tag attached Friday to the provinces&#39;s prescription for fixing Canada&#39;s health care system.
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First ministers made good progress at health talks. But Canadians expect transparency and we should not give up on open, public. The public had high expectations for significant progress toward fixing health