Premiers now want $5.2B more a year
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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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OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin kicked off his meeting with the country's premiers and top aboriginal leaders Monday with a &#36;700-million plan to improve native health.
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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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EDMONTON (CP) - An 800 per cent increase in the Alberta legislature's budget for hosting parties, dignitaries and events is a betrayal to taxpayers, says the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
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Â· Super Tuesday may not be decisive for either party Â· Clinton seeks $10m more for post-February 5 drive
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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.
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Canada needs to invest $1 billion over the next five years to reverse its serious shortage of doctors and ensure there will be enough health-care providers in future to reduce long waiting lists plaguing hospitals, the Canadian Medical Association says.
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The Federal Government says they are considering more tax cuts for lower and middle-income Canadians. Fending off attacks over the 9.1 billion dollar budget surplus, Finance Minister Ralph Goodale said he
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British Columbia cut its provincial sales tax by half a percentage point to 7 percent after the government forecasted a fiscal 2005 budget surplus of C$865 million ($694 million) that has risen with an expanding economy.
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The tax would pay for a $35 billion expansion of the Childrenâs Health Insurance Program over the next five years.
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The curtain is about to rise on one of the most competitive national seasons for governors races in years, and the money to finance it is already pouring into campaign coffers.
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Australian Treasurer Peter Costello raised the government&#39;s forecast budget cash surplus for the year ending June 30, 2005, to A$6.2 billion ($4.7 billion) because of increased company taxes.
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It was almost two years ago that Roy Romanow released his landmark report on the future of medicare. Since then, the study has too often been used as a battering ram by premiers seeking more money from Ottawa.
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OTTAWA : The Bank of Canada boosted its overnight rate by a quarter-point to 2.5 percent, and suggested more hikes are coming in the near future.
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Donations to political parties in the final quarter of 2007 increased by nearly Â£5m compared with the previous three months, the Electoral Commission revealed today
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Australian Treasurer Peter Costello raised the government&#39;s forecast budget cash surplus for the year ending June 30, 2005, to A$6.2 billion ($4.7 billion) because of increased tax revenue
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It appears Australians have never been wealthier as total private sector wealth now exceeds $5 trillion. Officially, private sector wealth is estimated at $5,013 billion, which is up 18 per cent in the past year.