The Canadian Civil Liberties Association has written a letter to Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney to express deep concerns regarding cuts to the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP), which reduces and denies basic healthcare to refugees and asylum seekers.
CCLA is deeply concerned about an Order that seeks to deprive individuals of this fundamental right, and that does so in an arbitrary and discriminatory manner. On June 18, we joined Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care in a National Day of Action to protest the cuts to refugee health care services, who argue that depriving people of healthcare is more costly in the long run as more serious and critical conditions develop.
