Mr. Speaker, it is official. We have received a memo from OHIP stating that as of this April the federal government and not the provincial health plan will be paying for the costs of any health services consumed by people who are applying for refugee status, including I presume those refugee claimants with AIDS.
My question is for the Minister of Health. How is it that the federal government can afford to pick up the tab for tens of thousands of refugee claimants while simultaneously cutting funding for Canadians?