Canadian Doctors For Refugee Care: Immigration Minister Jason Kenney

Interim Federal Health Program Dept: Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care says it will monitor and publicly report on the consequences of the cuts that go into effect on June 30 under the government's Interim Federal Health Program, according to CBC. Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has defended the cuts, saying they will merely cut dental and vision care, services other Canadians would require private insurance to obtain. But Tyndall said the cuts go far deeper and lashed out at the minister. 'We are stubborn. We're upset. We are professionals and the government is hurting our patients' Dr. Philip Berger, St. Michael's Hospital Doctors who work with refugees say they'll track how federal cuts to health care are harming or even killing their patients, people they describe as among the weakest in Canadian society. "This is not a fringe issue," said Dr. Mark Tyndall, chief of infectious diseases at the Ottawa Hospital, "It goes to the core of our values as Canadians." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.