Conservative Push to Re-Evaluate Asylum Seekers’ Access to Canadian Health Care Defeated

Conservative push to re-evaluate asylum seekers’ access to Canadian health care defeated

A Conservative-led push to crack down on asylum seekers’ ability to receive health-care services that some Canadians struggle to access was rejected by a majority of MPs on Wednesday.

Carney to attend Liberal caucus huddle as MPs prepare to vote on Conservative call to restrict refugee health benefits

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Carney, Poilievre Clash on Immigration as Tories Push to Cut Health Benefits for Failed Asylum Seekers

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Prime Minister Mark Carney debated the impact of asylum seekers on Canada’s health care system in the House of Commons on Feb. 24, as the Tories push for the Liberals to support their motion reviewing and cutting benefits to asylum claimants. The Conservatives tabled a motion in the House of Commons that calls for a federal review health care benefits to asylum claimants, and for asylum seekers whose clai…

Cutting asylum seekers’ health care to fund defence won’t save money

Deny basic care to refugees now and hospital emergency rooms will absorb the fallout later The post Cutting asylum seekers’ health care to fund defence won’t save money first appeared on Calgary's Business.