We can't have an election - think of the .....
Martin said on the weekend - from the Globe:
5 minutes on Google pulled up these releases from the Liberal government:
2000:
To achieve these goals, First Ministers make the following commitments on health. Their governments will:
....
work in collaboration with Aboriginal people, their organizations and governments, to improve their health and well being.
2002:
Throne speech - 'The government will take further action to close the gap in health status between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians by putting in place a First Nations Health Promotion and Disease Prevention strategy with a targeted immunization program, and by working with its partners to improve health care delivery on-reserve.'
2003:
The Government of Canada will increase funding to address the health of Aboriginal people and work with other governments and Aboriginal leaders to close the gap in health status between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians through better integration of services.
2004:
First Ministers and Aboriginal Leaders agreed on the need for an action plan to improve health services for all Aboriginal peoples and adopted specific measures to close the gap between the health status of Aboriginal Peoples and the Canadian public.
Paul Martin - you and Chretien have had 12 years to 'close the gap between the health status of Aboriginal Peoples and the Canadian public' and the problems continue. Actually, Chretien's had decades to come up with something - he was Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development back in '68.
"An election before then, he said, would slow down the process of health care reforms, sidetrack federal and provincial governments from dealing with the pressing issue of aboriginal poverty at a first ministers meeting,"
5 minutes on Google pulled up these releases from the Liberal government:
2000:
To achieve these goals, First Ministers make the following commitments on health. Their governments will:
....
work in collaboration with Aboriginal people, their organizations and governments, to improve their health and well being.
2002:
Throne speech - 'The government will take further action to close the gap in health status between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians by putting in place a First Nations Health Promotion and Disease Prevention strategy with a targeted immunization program, and by working with its partners to improve health care delivery on-reserve.'
2003:
The Government of Canada will increase funding to address the health of Aboriginal people and work with other governments and Aboriginal leaders to close the gap in health status between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians through better integration of services.
2004:
First Ministers and Aboriginal Leaders agreed on the need for an action plan to improve health services for all Aboriginal peoples and adopted specific measures to close the gap between the health status of Aboriginal Peoples and the Canadian public.
Paul Martin - you and Chretien have had 12 years to 'close the gap between the health status of Aboriginal Peoples and the Canadian public' and the problems continue. Actually, Chretien's had decades to come up with something - he was Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development back in '68.
