Canada and the Federal Court

The Federal Court: The decision , handed down Friday, made particular note of how the cuts would impact children who have been brought to Canada by their parents, according to CTV. Two years ago, the governing Conservatives cut back health benefits for new arrivals to Canada. Immigrants had access to basic and emergency care, but not extras such as vision or dental care and The Federal Court has ruled against the governments cuts to refugee health care, saying Friday that the changes amount to cruel and unusual treatment and outrage Canadian standards of decency. The 2012 modifications to the Interim Federal Health Program jeopardize the health, and indeed the very lives, of these innocent and vulnerable children in a manner that shocks the conscience and outrages Canadian standards of decency. The Court finds, therefore, that they violate section 12 of the Charter. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.