As a component of health care, maternity care is a provincial responsibility but to receive federal monetary disbursements all provinces and territories must comply with the Canada Health Act, 1984.
He needs an International Monetary Fund disbursement of $1.3 billion over the next few weeks, or the government may have to cease payments on its debt before the end of the year.
President de la Rúa had hoped to persuade President Bush to prompt the International Monetary Fund to speed up disbursements of more than $1 billion in financing already pledged.
Late on Wednesday, it emerged that Macri had asked the International Monetary Fund to speed up the disbursement of its $50bn£38bnbn) rescue package for South America's second biggest economy.
Loan disbursements from the International Monetary Fund have run at just SDR1.9 billion this year ($2.8 billion), down from SDR26.6 billion in 2002.
And in what looked like a vote of no confidence, the International Monetary Fund this month declined to approve disbursement of $400 million in scheduled assistance.
Or he may simply be trying to keep his distance from Mr. Maslyukov's plan while Russia tries to wrangle its next disbursement, $4.3 billion, from the International Monetary Fund.
Analysts said foreign investors appeared to be turning somewhat positive on the market because of efforts by the International Monetary Fund and other creditors to accelerate disbursement of emergency loans.
The Portuguese government's austerity budget has led to street protests and a legal challenge from opposition lawmakers but it has the full support of international creditors, led by the International Monetary Fund, which on Wednesday approved the disbursement of another installment of aid, worth €838.8 million.
One remaining hurdle to disbursement of new aid is the International Monetary Fund's condition that it would withhold its portion of the next installment, of 12 billion euros, for Greece's first bailout program until European ministers pledge to make good any gaps in Greece's public finances during the next 12 months.
He said he would be replaced by parliament speaker Volodymyr Groysman and vowed to concentrate on forming a new ruling coalition that would start the disbursement of a $17.5-billion 17.5-billionfrom the Internaidonal Monetary Fund.
