Absolutely. This is a case of a known issue not being acted on by Health Canada. Children who are in the care of provinces and territories, either in a foster home or in a group home, are eligible under the plan. However, to be able to apply, you need to have filed a tax return to show that your adjusted net family income is below a certain threshold. Those children, as you can appreciate, don't file tax returns.
This is a barrier where Health Canada knows they have to make an exception to the rules in order to get this group of children onto the plan, and they haven't addressed it yet. That's why we recommended to them that they take action on the known problems—those they know of already.
