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Is Canada Overspending on Asylum Seeker Health Care?

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A federal report shows Canada’s Interim Federal Health Program — which provides health coverage to asylum seekers, including some whose claims have been rejected — is projected to cost around $1.5 billion annually by 2030. Conservative MPs, including our next guest Michelle Rempel Garner, the Conservative MP for Calgary Nose Hill and Critic for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, are calling for a review of the program and want benefits for rejected claimants limited to emergency care only.
24 Feb 1PM English Canada News Commentary

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