Health debacle raises questions over Canada govt
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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
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If Canada&#39;s first ministers do not come up with profound, concrete changes to medicare at their highly anticipated September meeting, the fallout will be cataclysmic for both the health system and the nation itself, former Saskatchewan ...
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OTTAWA (CP) - Just because he's federal health minister, doesn't mean he's healthy.
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CALGARY -- The ink&#39;s barely dry on the $41-billion deal, but the federal health minister yesterday found himself defending the package amid warnings from the provinces it won&#39;t be enough.
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OTTAWA: A kiss-and-tell book from a former cabinet member accuses Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin of trying to undermine the country&#39;s cherished health care system, dealing him another blow as he struggles to keep his minority government afloat.
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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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OTTAWA (CP) - Squabbling spin doctors, contradictory ledgers, prime ministerial curses, veiled threats and long, heated negotiations behind closed doors.
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As the flu-vaccine shortage began, Canada quickly emerged as a potential life buoy. Ujjal Dosanjh, Canada&#39;s Health Minister, personally phoned Tommy Thompson, the US Secretary of Health and Human Services, and
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With the first ministers meeting in Ottawa, governments at last seem to be heading down the right track. For the first time in years, the tough questions about the true costs associated with specific health
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It&#39;s beginning to look a lot like Canada as far as Americans&#39; opinions about health-care reform and their prescription shopping habits.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Minister Ujjal Dosanjh can't say yet whether a private clinic for medical emergencies would violate the Canada Health Act - but critics say the violation is blatant.
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The health agreement reached between Ottawa and the provinces is a curious document. On the one hand, it puts Ottawa back in the game by committing the federal government to ratchet up its share of medicare funding.
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Bowing to mounting pressure from sick and dying Canadians, the federal government will begin talks to compensate &quot;forgotten&quot; victims of the tainted blood scandal.
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Canada&#39;s premiers are facing cracks in their united front for a new federal pharmacare program as they prepare for a crucial health-care summit with Prime Minister Paul Martin later this month.
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OTTAWA (CP) -- Prime Minister Paul Martin is denying accusations in Sheila Copps&#39; new book that he wanted to dismantle the Canada Health Act.
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The Scottish Government comes under fire for failing to give priority to the healthcare needs of military personnel.
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Canada&#39;s provincial finance ministers say the federal government has enough money to pay for &quot;significant&quot; changes to the health-care system, despite its pleas of poverty.