Primary Care Physicians: Health Status

Jason Kenney Dept: We are a group of primary care physicians who support our patients, many of whom are refugees, to live proactively healthy lives. This approach is good medical practice, and yes, it even reduces health-care costs. We also recognize that people s health status is dependent on their social and political realities. We therefore advocate for policies that support healthy living and condemn those that cause harm, according to The Star. Take, for example, the case of Ms. J. who could be a patient in any one of our practices. She arrived in Canada on an overcrowded boat with her children, having escaped a war-torn nation where she witnessed the traumatic death of her politically active husband and this winter, Jason Kenney introduced Bill C-31, the Protecting Canada s Immigration System Act, in Parliament. We have been watching the debate around this bill with some concern. It seems that Kenney believes the system needs protection from migrants. We, on the other hand, believe migrants, particularly refugees, need protection from his bill. And thus, our contention with the bill. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.