Governmental medical insurance will be the first to go. It is simply appalling that a change of this magnitude was not mentioned in last year's Federal election. And it is predictable that the trial balloon for such a radical change is sent up in the dog days of late summer. The question to be decided is whether it is permissable for Canada to deport someone to their home country even though there are substantial grounds to believe they would be tortured there. Last year the Federal Court of Appeal held that it would be permissable, in defined circumstances, to do so where the person is accused of terrorist activities.
Politicians cope with it but in some cases bow to it.
Recent developments suggest that we need to be more vigilant than ever in monitoring and opposing ignorant and hateful misconceptions about refugees and immigrants.