Ottawa rebuffs first ministers&#39; counter-offer
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Day two of the first ministers summit on health care carried on in the same vein as day one -- with both sides clinging to positions divided by billions of dollars.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Liberal MPs and cabinet ministers came to the defence of Paul Martin Friday against suggestions by ex-minister Alfonso Gagliano that the prime minister made a grave error in abolishing the sponsorship program.
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GLASGOW, Scotland (CP) - Canada&#39;s defence minister cautioned Monday that no swift decisions should be made about Ottawa&#39;s controversial submarine program in the wake of the fire aboard HMCS Chicoutimi that killed a submariner and left the vessel adrift
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THE nation&#39;s regional political, economic and security interests were threatened by the Federal Government&#39;s refusal to sign a non-aggression pact with its Asian neighbours, Labor said today.
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VANCOUVER (CP) - A heavy-handed attempt to push Canada back to the negotiating table in the softwood lumber dispute backfired, Trade Minister Jim Peterson has told his American counterpart.
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TORONTO (CP) - Ottawa has the money to set up and pay for a national pharmacare program despite its insistence to the contrary, provincial finance ministers said Friday.
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Ottawa has the money to set up and pay for a national pharmacare program despite its insistence to the contrary, provincial finance ministers said yesterday.
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TORONTO -- The NHL rejected last week&#39;s proposal by the players&#39; association and then had its own counteroffer turned down Tuesday during a 3Â½-hour negotiating session.
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At his first conference speech David Cameron is expected to resist calls for more detailed policies.
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OTTAWAâFinance Minister Ralph Goodale says the federal government couldn&#39;t possibly pay for the national pharmacare plan favoured by the premiers, which he says would cost Ottawa $12.
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Saudi Arabiaâs oil minister appeared to rebuff the presidentâs appeal to consider the cost to the U.S. economy.
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According to a memo obtained by TSN in Canada, the NHL will turn down the players' union proposal to end the lockout and respond with a counteroffer on Tuesday.
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Quebec Premier Jean Charest brushed aside talk of Quebec bashing Thursday but acknowledged that recent controversy over the province's place in Canada showed in tough negotiations with the federal government ...
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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND -- Canada&#39;s defence minister cautioned yesterday that no swift decisions should be made about Ottawa&#39;s controversial submarine program in the wake of the fire aboard HMCS Chicoutimi that killed a submariner and left the vessel adrift and
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TORONTO (CP) - Health Minister George Smitherman dismissed as &quot;ridiculous&quot; Tuesday opposition claims that he has been intimidating hospital administrators into keeping mum about potential cuts.
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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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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.