Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver: Medical Expenses

Chris Keefer Dept: Oliver was at the Toronto General Hospital Friday morning to announce federal funding for medical isotopes research, according to CBC. The program covers medical expenses such as dental care and prescriptions most Canadians must pay for themselves or get covered by supplementary insurance coverage. Immigration Minister Jason Kenney as well as Oliver today, when challenged by Dr. Keefer has defended the cuts as a way to level the playing field with the health care Canadians receive from their provinces and territories and an announcement by Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver was interrupted Friday by a doctor and a med student protesting the government's cuts to a refugee health program. As he started his remarks, Dr. Chris Keefer, a family medicine doctor who works at the Brampton Civic Hospital, interrupted him to take issue with the Harper government's cuts to the interim federal health program , which pays for supplementary health benefits when refugees first arrive in Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.