Interim Federal Health Program: Reliable Sources

Desperate Lives Dept: Your editorial naively suggests that the Interim Federal Health Program paid for the care of 128,000 refugees last year at a cost of $84 million which is surely not too much to care for people who are fleeing desperate lives of torture, violence or rape, according to The Star. We are facing a big global economic downturn and Canada is no exception. Must we not at this time tighten our collective belts in order to tide over this economic hurdle? It is right to cut some of the benefits that refugees enjoy when our seniors and out of work Canadians are suffering. It is time that our government examined different ways to cope and manage our finances productively and re: Refugees deserve care, Editorial Nov. 25 Do you really believe that the vast majority of these hordes of refugees coming to our shores are genuine asylum seekers? Many of my reliable sources, who have close interaction with refugees, say that the vast majority of refugee claimants are trying to jump the queue illegally and are taking advantage of our rather lax border control mechanisms. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.