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No, Canada doesn’t spend more on refugees than on retirees

November 19, 2015December 13, 2015amp Leave a comment

November 19, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Maybe you’ve seen it. Maybe your uncle forwarded it to you or someone you know posted it on Facebook.

The meme, infographic, status update, chain email you received is false. It was debunked years ago but continues to be circulated.

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Canada’s scrambling to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees but restoring health care could take ‘months’

November 12, 2015December 13, 2015amp Leave a comment

November 12, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Thursday morning Meb Rashid saw a woman severely traumatized after years of an abusive relationship.

Before that, an HIV/AIDS patient with dangerously low CD4 count; a pregnant victim of sexual violence.

They all needed treatment. None had coverage.

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The case for taking ‘temporary’ out of ‘temporary foreign worker’

October 28, 2015April 22, 2018amp Leave a comment

October 28, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Kristina Torres was so close.

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‘Life has no taste now’: Refugees’ torturous wait for family a world away

September 11, 2015April 22, 2018amp Leave a comment

September 11, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

On bad days Lina Sallat wishes she’d never left – never fled Syria as the country tore itself to shreds; never sought safety with her toddler on the other side of the world, leaving her husband and oldest son behind.

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Red Cross signs deal to visit detainees in Ontario jails months after Global News investigation

August 20, 2015August 28, 2015amp Leave a comment

August 20, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny and Patrick Cain, Global News

Canada’s Red Cross has formally signed a letter of understanding allowing its inspectors to visit immigration detainees being held in Ontario jails, after years of fruitlessly demanding access.

 

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Tory policy discriminates against refugee applicants from so-called ‘safe’ countries, court finds

July 23, 2015April 22, 2018amp Leave a comment

July 23, 2013 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

The federal government’s refugee policy is discriminatory and violates the Charter rights of refugee applicants from certain countries, a federal court ruled Thursday.

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Refugee health cuts: Even those who qualify get turned away

July 8, 2015July 18, 2015amp Leave a comment

July 8, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

The refugee health care system has become so confusing that doctors are turning patients away even if they’re covered, evidence shows.

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