Asylum seekers line up to enter Olympic Stadium near Montreal.
The federal government is asking Parliament to approve hundreds of millions of dollars in new spending to cover the health-care costs of eligible refugees and asylum seekers — a budget line item that has soared in recent years as the number of these newcomers reached record highs.
A CBC News review of the data shows how much more the program is costing after years of global upheaval and the resulting influx of people fleeing to Canada.In the government's supplementary estimates tabled this week — part of the legislative process for asking Parliament for more money to cover initiatives that haven't already been funded — Ottawa is now asking for $411.2 million a year for IFHP.Donald Trump’s promise to crack down on illegal immigration in the U.S.
The IFHP boost is just one of the budget requests in this year's supplementary estimates. In total, the government is looking for about $1 billion more for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada this fiscal year.
In a statement issued to CBC News, Tom Kmiec, the Conservative Party's immigration critic, said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and "his incompetent ministers broke our immigration system and allowed fraud, chaos and disorder to run rampant." Asylum seekers enter Canada via Roxham road on the Canada/U.S. border in Hemmingford, Que., on Saturday, March 25, 2023.
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