Cuts to the Interim Federal Health program kick in this weekend yet protests will be ongoing. The doctors who are leading the opposition to the cuts, Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care, are going to collect data on refugees who are affected and tell the stories that they hear by sharing
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Paul S. Graham: Video: Stop Cuts to Refugee Health Care in Canada
Winnipeg, June 18, 2012: Opposition to the Harper government’s plan to cut health care for refugees is gaining momentum across Canada. Joining in a National Day of Action Against Refugee Health Cuts, about 500 Winnipeggers rallied at The Forks to hear from health care professionals and newcomers to Canada about
Continue readingImpolitical: Day of action on refugee health care
There are demonstrations happening across the country today organized by Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care. On Monday, June 18th, 2012 in cities across the country physicians and other health care workers opposed to cutting health services for refugees will be participating in a day of action. To find out about
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Jason Kenney and the Royal Jelly
As you probably know I'm not exactly a fan of Jason Kenney. Ever since he said that gays should be free to marry, but only if they married someone of the opposite sex, I have had trouble taking him seriously eh? And I don't think I could EVER trust a
Continue readingDrive-by Planet: Racism in Israel: African asylum seekers targeted
Still frames from the video – “Racism Report: Africans in Israel” (posted beneath) When Israeli president Shimon Peres spoke on Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem, he said that out of all the countries in the world Israel did the most to combat racial discrimination: We, the Jewish people, were
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Parliament in Review – April 23, 2012
Monday, April 23 was the first day back in the House of Commons following the Easter break. And it featured some of the most lively and telling discussion we’ve seen yet on the Cons’ anti-refugee legislation as the second-reading debate reached its end. The Big Issue As part of the
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your day. – Kayle Hatt’s blog looks to be a must-read from here on in. And his post on what to draw from the latest polls is particularly worth a read: Every poll that has been released since Thomas Mulcair was elected leader of the NDP
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Dr. Dawg responds to Andrew Coyne’s suggestion about cracking down on advocacy by charities with an entirely reasonable suggestion as to how to allocate our resources: Given that charities do essential work that the government does not fund—feeding and clothing the poor, defending
Continue readingImpolitical: Not our Canada
Here are some excerpts from yesterday’s coverage of doctors across the country protesting refugee health care cuts. The doctors say it all. This is an incredibly indecent, uncaring and maddening development we are witnessing: Costs won’t be the only thing that spikes after the cuts are made, according to Tyndall,
Continue readingImpolitical: The Conservatives’ very small Canada, continued
A follow-up here to a post from a few weeks back. Remember Jason Kenney’s announcement on dialing back health care benefits for refugees? It was couched in a way that suggested that refugees were getting better health care benefits than Canadians. It was meant to sow resentment against refugees, people
Continue readingImpolitical: The Conservatives and their very small Canada
You can see it today in this initiative: “Refugee health benefits scaled back by Tories.” It’s an appeal to people’s me-first instincts, asking Canadians to be insular and resentful of the foreigner among us. Asking Canadians to be ungenerous toward some of the most vulnerable peoples in the world, refugees
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Parliament in Review: March 26, 2012
Having taken a bit of a hiatus during and after the NDP’s leadership campaign, I’ll resume looking back at what’s happened in the House of Commons starting with the election of Thomas Mulcair. (I’ll plan to return to the previous sitting later on.) Monday, March 26 saw Mulcair’s introduction as
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