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Immigration Offices: Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care

Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care: The National Day of Action, organized by Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care, will include demonstrations in front of legislatures, city halls and immigration offices from St. Johns to Victoria, according to CTV. They are taking to the streets to challenge changes to the Interim Federal Health Program, which offers temporary health care benefits to refugee claimants and Canadian doctors are gathering across the country today to protest the federal governments cuts to refugee health care benefits. In Toronto and Montreal, large groups of physicians, nurses and medical students waved signs that read: Health for all and Proud to protect refugees. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.