A federal program to provide health care for refugees is — once again — sparking a fiery debate

A federal program to provide health care for refugees is — once again — sparking a fiery debate

The Conservatives believe the cost of the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP), which provides health-care benefits to refugee and asylum claimants living in Canada, needs to be curtailed. And the Liberals might not entirely disagree — in last fall's budget they

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