Government Lawyer: Marie-Louise Wcislo

Marie-Louise Wcislo: The making and acting of policies are at the heart of the role of the government, Marie-Louise Wcislo told a hearing Wednesday into the legality of the cuts to interim federal health IFH program. We are all entitled to our personal views, according to The Star. On behalf of two patients affected by the cutbacks, groups representing lawyers and doctors for refugees have asked the court to declare the cuts made by the federal government last year unconstitutional and illegal, and order Ottawa to reinstate the health coverage for all refugees and Cutting refugee healthcare services is a government policy choice and opponents to the changes can express their dissent at the ballot, the Federal Court was told by a government lawyer Wednesday. Wcislo said the refugee health program is an insurance scheme and the government is only responsible for the funding. Its up to individual doctors and hospitals to decide whether they ll take on refugee patients Ottawa has declared ineligible. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.