Discussion · Oral Questions
Michelle Rempel Garner Conservative
“The government is spending too much money on health benefits for failed asylum claimants who should be removed from Canada. That money could build a hospital. I want the minister to cancel these benefits.”
“Mr. Speaker, the minister just said that the program is temporary. That is what it was designed to be, but the PBO said today that failed asylum claimants, people who are supposed to be removed from the country, are getting benefits like vision care and physiotherapy for years. That is why the cost is mushrooming year after year. A billion dollars could build a hospital. Instead, it is going to failed asylum claimants. That is not fair. Why will she not cancel these luxury benefits?”
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Mr. Speaker, the minister just said that the program is temporary. That is what it was designed to be, but the PBO said today that failed asylum claimants, people who are supposed to be removed from the country, are getting benefits like vision care and physiotherapy for years. That is why the cost is mushrooming year after year. A billion dollars could build a hospital. Instead, it is going to failed asylum claimants. That is not fair. Why will she not cancel these luxury benefits?