I think tuberculosis is the best example where these cutbacks will have the most impact.
If we're telling people their access to health care, treatment, and diagnostics is limited, they won't go to a doctor. Most people who come from developing countries were exposed to TB in early life. A disease comes up at no predictable time. A lot of people will present to their family doctor and say they haven't been feeling well for a few days, that they have a cough or a fever. That needs to trigger an X-ray and further diagnostic tests. Unless there's ongoing follow-up, we're bound to miss, or certainly have a delay in, our ability to recognize tuberculosis. That's already a big problem in Canada. People, especially first nations people, have very high rates of TB. We do our best to screen people, but TB is one thing that can really get out of hand if we don't have ongoing comprehensive care for people coming from endemic countries.