NEGOTIATING CANADA'S NEXT HEALTH CARE ACCORD

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall (CP, JONATHAN HAYWARD).jpg
This week on The House, guest-host Louise Elliott talks to Saskatchewan Premier Wall. After a three-day Council of the Federation summer meeting in Vancouver, Canada's Premiers agree on a joint trade mission to Asia and begin the discussion about renewing the 2004 Health Accord which expires in 2014. They even decide to meet again in early 2012, after a handful of provincial elections are behind them.

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EXCLUSIVE: Philippe Couillard opens up about the future of health care

Former Quebec Health Minister Philippe Couillard (CP, CLEMENT ALLARD).jpgNow that discussions are underway for a post-2014 accord, what are the challenges facing Canada's health care system? Louise Elliott goes in-depth with Philippe Couillard, a neurosurgeon by trade, who was at the table as Quebec's Health Minister when the federal government and the provinces signed the 2004 Health Accord.

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Advancing our common interests in
Canada-U.S. relations

U.S. President Barack Obama (AP, Manuel Balce Ceneta).jpgCanada's Premiers also talked Canada-U.S. relations with Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Gary Doer and Washington Governor Christine Gregoire. Louise Elliott talks to former Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Derek Burney and former U.S. Ambassador to Canada Gordon Giffin about the North American security perimeter agreement, the Keystone XL pipeline, the Canadian dollar and the U.S. debt.

Note: Former Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Derek Burney now sits on the board of TransCanada Corporation, the company behind the Keystone XL project.

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Kady O'Malley - That's a Good Question!

Chairman and CEO of News Corporation Rupert Murdoch (AP).jpgListening to Rupert Murdoch answering questions about the News of The World phone hacking scandal before a UK Parliamentary committee got Kady thinking... what is it that they have, that we don't? Kady examines how the two Parliaments stack up!

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