Prime Minister Martin cool to idea of national referendum on gay marriage
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MONTREAL (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin was cool Sunday to the idea of a national referendum on same-sex marriage and said handling the controversial issue should be left to Parliament. "I think that this is an issue that Parliamentarians ought to decide," Martin said before addressing a brunch in his Montreal-area riding. "The courts have now given their direction. I think it's one for Parliament and I think that Parliament ought to accept their responsibility."
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OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin's minority government laid out its vision for the country in a throne speech Tuesday that promises better health care, a national child-care program, and more respect for taxpayers' money.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The House of Commons has agreed to accept a Conservative amendment to the throne speech, avoiding a showdown that threatened Paul Martin's minority government.
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Prime Minister Paul Martin met with his cabinet in Ottawa Thursday to lay out a strategy on health care and deal with fallout over anti-American sentiments.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair rejected Monday calls for a referendum on a new EU treaty agreed last week, saying it did not go as far as the bloc&#39;s doomed constitution which it replaced.
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The Spanish government approved a bill to legalise homosexual marriages, which will make it only the third country in Europe to condone same-sex marriages -- but the move sparked fury within a still influential ...
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OTTAWA (CP) - The federal Conservatives are girding for a same-sex battle with Paul Martin's Liberals, saying they will move to protect the traditional definition of marriage.
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OTTAWA - The prime minister&#39;s communications director is denying allegations that Paul Martin considered eliminating the Canada Health Act in a draft of his 1995 budget.
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Britain does not want "hate-mongers" -- people coming to live in the country must conform to its tolerant values, Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Friday.Comment
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President Bush will promote a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage on Monday, the eve of a scheduled Senate vote on the cause that is dear to his conservative backers.
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The Supreme Court of Canada gave the  federal government the go-ahead on Thursday to legalize gay  marriage, prompting Prime Minister Paul Martin to announce  plans to introduce a redefinition of marriage early next year.
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The Spanish government on Friday approved a bill to legalise gay marriages. This makes it only the third country in Europe to condone same sex marriages, cabinet spokesperson Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega ...
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FREDERICTON, New Brunswick  - Canadian Prime  Minister Paul Martin said on Thursday he would press ahead with  legislation to permit same-sex marriage, but unhappy  legislators in his Liberal Party predicted a long fight before  it becomes law.
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OTTAWA (CP) - First the premiers snubbed Paul Martin&#39;s breakfast invitation. Then the prime minister reacted in kind to their demand for $36.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday he hopes the imminent signing of the new European Union treaty would shift the bloc's focus away from an "institutional debate".
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LONDON: Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday dismissed speculation that he intends to convert to Roman Catholicism.
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Downing Street plays down reports  Gordon Brown wants a "national motto"  on all public buildings.