Premiers&#39; plan for national pharmacare program on meeting agenda ...
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VANCOUVER (CP) - Alberta Premier Ralph Klein called it a stroke of brilliance and his provincial counterparts thought it a great idea - a national pharmacare program something like the country&#39;s medicare program.
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The Prime Minister says he is prepared to meet with the Premiers for as long as it takes to work out a new health care deal. As he wrapped up the Liberal cabinet retreat in BC, Paul Martin said when he meets
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TORONTO (CP) - The federal government&#39;s commitment to spend $41 billion on health care was a good deal for the provinces, but it will only help stabilize the system and do little to address inevitable challenges in the future, New Brunswick Premier
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Prime Minister Paul Martin met with his cabinet in Ottawa Thursday to lay out a strategy on health care and deal with fallout over anti-American sentiments.
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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.
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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 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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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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A day after suggesting a new national health-care accord could be a long way off, Prime Minister Paul Martin pledged to work at the September health summit between Ottawa and provinces until a deal gets done.
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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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BEAUPRE, Que. (CP) - Quebec Premier Jean Charest called Thursday for a First Ministers meeting on federal transfer payments after provincial leaders meet in September with Prime Minister Paul Martin to discuss health-care.
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A nationally funded pharmacare plan proposed by the premiers will be too costly, the federal Finance Minister said Thursday, and acknowledged that this September&#39;s meeting with the first ministers may include some head-butting over ...
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Prime Minister Paul Martin said yesterday that a first ministers conference on medicare merits three days, three weeks or three months of negotiation -- even as Alberta Premier Ralph Klein
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The federal government 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 yesterday.
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TORONTO (CP) - In his first public address as federal health minister, Ujjal Dosanjh carefully toed the government line on Monday, saying Ottawa is prepared to invest more money in medicare to reduce waiting times, but not by sponsoring a national pharmacare program demanded by the provinces.
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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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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.