Paul Caulford: "There was so much on the line," said Dr. Caulford, a physician and co-founder of the Toronto-area Community Volunteer Clinic for the Medically Uninsured. "We were a voice, all the people there were voices for people who didn't have one." , according to CBC. Those stories provided the backbone of the court decision that forcefully questioned Ottawa cost-cutting arguments behind the reduction in coverage. Like many doctors across the country, Dr. Paul Caulford breathed a sigh of relief Friday morning when he heard that a judicial ruling had declared the federal government controversial refugee health-care cuts "cruel and unusual." Dr. Caulford was one of numerous health-care providers who provided details to the Federal Court on behalf of those who were affected by the 2012 changes that cut off health care for certain refugees and who were too afraid themselves to come forward.
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