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Interim Federal Health Program and Federal Court

Federal Court: The Federal Court has given the government four months time to change cuts to health-care coverage for refugees or that the cuts may be struck down. The cuts were found to be an "equal-rights violation.", according to Rabble. The decision says that changes to the program jeopardize the health, the safety and lives of these innocent and vulnerable children in a manner that shocks the conscience and outrages our standards of decency and Please help .ca stop Harper election fraud plan. Become a monthly supporter . In a 268 page ruling released Friday, the court ruled that the cuts to the Interim Federal health Program in 2012 violate section 12 of the Charter. Justice Anne Mactavish said in the decision that the changes are cruel and unusual. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.