Canuck

  Thursday, 16 September 2004

Enough money for health and other promises: PM < 5:02:02 PM>.

Prime Minister Paul Martin and Finance Minister Ralph Goodale say the federal government will still have enough money for cities, the environment and a national day care program, despite a $41-billion agreement on health care. FULL STORY [CBC News]

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Mirabile dictu, another press release today, this one about a last-ditch attempt to save the Expos from being moved to Washington or elsewhere, although the former partners in the team's ownership are still trying to block the move. [montreal city weblog]

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Karen Kain, one of the most celebrated ballerinas in Canadian history, will be the new chair of the Canada Council for the Arts, the federal government announced Thursday. FULL STORY [CBC News]