A spokesman for Immigration Minister Chris Alexander defended the notion of restricting refugees’ access to social assistance in essentially the same language the government used to justify limiting their access to health care.
“Canada has the most fair and generous immigration system in the world,” said Kevin Menard. “However, Canadians have no tolerance for those who take unfair advantage of our generosity.”
Menard added that allowing provinces to impose minimum residency requirements would build on the savings already racked up as a result of reforms to the refugee asylum system, which he pegged at $1.6 billion over five years.
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