A federal program to provide health care for refugees is — once again — sparking a fiery debate
The Conservatives believe the cost of the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP), which provides health-care benefits to refugee and asylum claimants living in Canada, needs to be curtailed. And the Liberals might not entirely disagree — in last fall’s budget they announced plans to require claimants to cover a share of some costs.
But the Conservatives are pushing much further, both in proposed action and rhetoric.
The jungle drums beat out the mantra “call them racists”.
