Prime Minister Paul Martin (centre) addresses the media at a news conference in Ottawa Friday Jan. 30, 2004 following the First Ministers Meeting, while Nova Scotia Premier John Hamm, (left to right) Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, Prince Edward Island Premier Pat Binns, Quebec Premier Jean Charest and New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord look on. Martin agreed Friday to hand over $2 billion in new health-care cash to the provinces, but wouldn't promise a deal to ensure long-term funding increases. (CP PHOTO/Tom Hanson)