Ottawa warns pharmacare a non-starter as premiers set to meet on issue
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(CP) - Ottawa would never agree to the kind of national pharmacare program proposed by the premiers because it would cost too much and makes no sense, Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh said Tuesday.
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Nearly all of Canada&#39;s premiers will be meeting today and tomorrow for last-minute talks on health care ahead of a summit with Prime Minister Paul Martin.
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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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Political jockeying over health care intensified yesterday as Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty stepped up the pressure on the federal government to assume responsibility for a national pharmacare program.
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OTTAWAâPremier Dalton McGuinty says the upcoming health summit will likely be the first of many meetings between the federal government and the provinces as they attempt to &quot;move the ball down the field&quot; on improving health care.
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Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh is expected to tell an American audience at Harvard University Wednesday night that Canada is not a drug store for the United States, The Globe and Mail reports.
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The government is set to announce plans to ease the rules on the opening of new pharmacies.
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OTTAWA - Canada&#39;s premiers grew eloquent as they pitched a federally funded pharmacare plan at the natural health summit Tuesday, and Prime Minister Paul Martin responded by agreeing to establish a federal-provincial working group on the issue.
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Ottawa appears to be opening up to Quebec&#39;s demands to resolve the issue of health care funding, Premier Jean Charest said yesterday on his way into his weekly cabinet meeting.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The first ministers health summit headed into its final day Wednesday with the premiers and the prime minister still looking for a cure for the ailing patient - medicare.
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The federal government and the provinces collided over the future of Canada&#39;s cherished medicare program yesterday, with Prime Minister Paul Martin warning that the gulf between the two sides
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On prescription drugs, at least, Ujjal Dosanjh has his priorities dead right. The federal health minister&#39;s most important job right now is to ensure Canada&#39;s supply of pharmaceuticals.
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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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Canada&#39;s health minister says this country cannot &quot;be the drug store of the United States.&quot;. Ujjal Dosanjh&#39;s warning comes as several states are pushing to buy low-cost prescription drugs north of the border.
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OTTAWA -- A federal pharmacare program would save the Ontario government $3.7 billion annually, freeing up money the province spends on drugs so it can invest in a plan to shorten hospital waiting times, Premier Dalton McGuinty said yesterday.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Canada&#39;s premiers have presented a counter-proposal that asks Prime Minister Paul Martin to shell out $5.3 billion a year in new health-care money.
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Manitoba&#39;s Premier says if internet pharmacies are shut down, buyers will simply order online from pharmacies based in other countries.