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Harper Government and Lorne Waldman

Lorne Waldman: Any delay in implementing a judge ruling that struck down the Harper government severe restrictions on health-care coverage for refugee claimants and their families would put lives at risk, a court heard Thursday. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. As a result, Waldman called on Judge Wyman Webb to reject a government request to stay the lower court decision pending disposition of its appeal. An ambulance drives up to a hospital on September 9, 2014 in Longueuill, Que. THE Ryan Remiorz The ruling, lawyer Lorne Waldman told the Federal Court of Appeal, amounted to a "stunning indictment" of a mean-sprinted government policy that provided no benefit to the country. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.