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Interim Federal Health Program and Minister Jason Kenney

Mark Tyndall: These cruel cuts targeted the most vulnerable people, and scapegoated them for the government $36 billion cut to healthcare, according to Rabble. As Dr. In 2012, then Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced drastic cuts to the Interim Federal Health Program, claiming it would save money and promote fairness. Mark Tyndall said at the time, the government has used this issue to divide Canadians, pitting those who are dissatisfied with their own health coverage against refugees. This is an attack on our entire healthcare system. Canadians are smarter than this. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.