Tag: immigration and refugees

Farewell, Lisa: Here Are Lisa MacLeod’s Worst Accomplishments as Doug Ford’s Social Services Minister

Published June 21, 2019 Analysis

Why working families in Ontario won’t miss former former Social Services Minister Lisa MacLeod

Ford’s ‘catastrophic’ legal aid cuts target refugees and immigrants

Published April 16, 2019 Analysis

And may violate human rights norms

Jason Kenney Defended Locking Up Child Refugees in Heavy Security Detention Facilities

Published June 20, 2018 Video

Kenney suggested child refugees enjoyed conditions comparable to a ‘three-star hotel’

The 3 best lines from Federal Court’s decision on refugee health care cuts

Published July 4, 2014

Federal ministers Chris Alexander and Jason Kenney are going to have to update their talking points (stat!) on the Conservative cuts to refugee health care after the Federal Court of Canada on Friday struck down the cuts as “cruel and unusual treatment” and an equal-rights violation. Here’s Kenney, the architect of the cuts to the Interim […]

Immigration minister taking cues from wrong guy on refugee health

Published January 9, 2014

It looks like Immigration Minister Chris Alexander is mimicking his predecessor’s mean-spirited approach to public policy and fact-challenged communications strategy. Like Jason Kenney before him, Alexander has decided to go to war with the provinces over the Conservative government’s widely panned decision last year to cut off health-care services for many refugees. Pitting Canadians against […]

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