Immigration Minister John McCallum and Prescription Drugs

additional services: Immigration Minister John McCallum speaks at a press conference in Ottawa, according to Huffington Post Canada. Among other things, the government cut off access to prescription drugs, dental care, vision and additional services such as mental-health providers for certain refugee claimants or refugees. Both the basic benefits and the supplementary benefits will be available to all of them." — Immigration Minister John McCallum, Dec. 9. 2015. --- The interim federal health program was designed to provide limited and temporary health-care coverage to people not eligible for provincial programs, most notably refugees and refugee claimants. In 2012, the Conservative government changed the program, carving up how much and what it would pay for based on where refugees were from and how they arrive in Canada. The cuts were eventually found to violate the rights of refugees and refugee claimants. The Conservatives appealed, but in the meantime did restore some of the benefits to be in keeping with the court decision. The Federal Court ordered the government to reinstate them. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.