Federal Court and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander

Immigration Minister Chris Alexander: But as the government also intends to keep fighting the original Federal Court decision on the program, the measures set to be announced later today may end up being temporary, according to The Star. The program drastically scaled back the coverage available to people waiting for a decision on their refugee status, which the court found put lives at risk and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander says the government will comply with a court ruling that set today as a deadline to create a new refugee health care program. The Federal Court ruled in July that the interim federal health program for refugee claimants put in place after 2012 was unconstitutional. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.