Jason Kenney, Canada's Minister of Immigration and Citizenship, has
faced widespread criticism in recent weeks for his government's cuts to
refugee health care.
Doctors and other health-care workers have held protest actions across the country and disrupted speaking appearances by government ministers. A broad range of civil society groups have also condemned the cuts.
Yesterday a petition thanking Minister Kenney for the cuts was highlighted on a website. It read, in part: "We, the undersigned, thank Jason Kenney for his efforts to streamline benefits afforded to refugees claimants under the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) and bring them in line with the benefits received by tax-paying Canadians, including new Canadians..."
Doctors and other health-care workers have held protest actions across the country and disrupted speaking appearances by government ministers. A broad range of civil society groups have also condemned the cuts.
Yesterday a petition thanking Minister Kenney for the cuts was highlighted on a website. It read, in part: "We, the undersigned, thank Jason Kenney for his efforts to streamline benefits afforded to refugees claimants under the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) and bring them in line with the benefits received by tax-paying Canadians, including new Canadians..."