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Federal Court of Canada and Conservative Government

access to healthcare coverage: In 2012, the Conservative government used its majority to pass a law that left almost 65,000 refugees with no access to healthcare coverage, according to Rabble. The Federal Court of Canada ruled against the government and the cuts 2014, but funding was not restored. Chip in to keep stories like these coming. Recently, there have been a lot of changes in refugee policy. Our first interview on this subject is with Dr. As of last month 26,000 Syrian refugees have been resettled in Canada and the Liberal government will be restoring funding for refugee health care on April 1, 2016. rabble.ca Activist Toolkit is interviewing people who are on the frontlines of refugee settlement to find out about what they are seeing on the ground and what additional supports they need to address the needs of this surge of refugees. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.