Ottawa, provinces tussle over health talks
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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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OTTAWA (CP) - The federal government will be making a huge mistake if it gives the provinces more money for health without attaching conditions to ensure it is spent to reform the system, says Roy Romanow.
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Canada said on Thursday the multibillion-dollar health-care deal it has negotiated with its provinces will not derail its day-care and urban-renewal initiatives
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MISSISSAUGA, Ont. (CP) - The country'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 -- 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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The federal Health Minister admits there are a few gaps in the new first ministers health care deal. Ujjal Dosanjh admits the agreement doesn&#39;t spell out how the government will deal with provinces that violate
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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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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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More Americans are looking to Canada for ideas on fixing the health-care crisis.
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TORONTO (CP) - Ontario&#39;s doctors overwhelmingly rejected a much-touted fee agreement with the provincial government on Saturday, a major setback for planned health-care reforms in the province with no immediate plan to resume negotiations.
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Political squabbling over a national pharmacare program is threatening to &quot;scuttle and destroy&quot; next month&#39;s federal-provincial health conference, which is fundamentally about the future of Canada, former Saskatchewan premier Roy Romanow has warned.
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The Premiers says Prime Minister Paul Martin&#39;s offer of 58.1 billion dollars in health care funding over 10 years needs CPR. Martin had wanted to focus on health care reforms during day one of the national summit in Ottawa.
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QUEBEC (CP) - Premier Jean Charest expressed growing optimism Thursday that Quebec and other provinces will be able to reach a deal with Ottawa on health care.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The premiers went for Sunday dinner at Prime Minister Paul Martin's but his offer of billions more for health care left them confused, frustrated, and hungry for more.
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Ottawa - On the eve of the First Ministersâ meeting on health care, a strong majority of Canadians in every region â-ncluding Alberta â -agree with Alberta premier Ralph Kleinâs opposition to conditions being imposed on new federal health
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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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An increasingly acrimonious meeting over health care is starting to raise questions about the stability of Canada&#39;s new minority Liberal government, but one minister