@tim4hire
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In Nunavik, building a home has usually meant flying in materials and specialized workers and racing against a short construction window. Tinybox's pilot project was assembled by two locals who had never seen the system before in 10 days for $90,000. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/06/n...
Today!
Fortunately, this is the kind of Administration that avoids doing rash things that can make things worse.
Currently locked out of my Twitter account. Have emailed them but seems cutting that many staff has an impact to response times.
Swimmers urged to dress in bright, visible colours to make it easier for sharks to see, and therefore be able to avoid, them.
I defer to those with more appropriate knowledge as to what extent the U.S. navy can protect tankers transiting the strait.
Assuming, of course, that the Trump administration can figure out how to deliver on this commitment before supply disruptions are either resolved or result in material economic losses.
So, American taxpayers may assume potentially very large risks that a sophisticated private-sector market is unwilling to take so as to moderate the price shock the military action is having on oil consumers worldwide.
But at least OC Transpo fares are only $0.80 more per ride than in Toronto, and $0.40 more than the most expensive fare option in Montreal.
Because paying more for less is the way things work here.
4. My ability to number my tweets remains remarkable for its inconsistency.
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2. IFHP is a small, albeit rising, amount of total healthcare spending in Canada, and only a portion of that going to failed (not even fraudulent) asylum seekers;
3. Denying these people healthcare coverage raises Charter concerns. There may be other ways to better remove them from Canada.
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The main points are (TL;dr):
1. Provincial coverage is largely limited to citizens, permanent residents and temporary workers living in the province (and paying taxes there);
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Alternatively, the government may opt to find other strategies for removing persons who have no need of protection (are not at risk if removed) and have no legal right to be/remain in Canada.
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Following the election of the LPC in 2015, the appeal of that decision was discontinued.
Of course, the current or a future government could try to amend the IFHP again, trying to find a way that avoids running afoul of the Charter.
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The 2012 changes were challenged in court and in 2014, the Federal Court ruled that they constituted cruel and unusual treatment and hence contravened s. 12 of the Charter.
www.canlii.org/en/ca/fct/do...
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The purpose of the changes was to manage the rising costs of the IFHP, to discourage “bogus” refugee claims and to provide incentives for failed claimants to voluntarily leave Canada.
Critics raised that it was unjust and inhumane, among some other objections.
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Of particular note, in 2012, amendments to IFHP were proposed that reduced the amount of coverage available to certain types of persons. In some cases, such as failed applicants, coverage was only provided for diseases that posed a public health or public safety concern.
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Note that those who have failed in their application for asylum are still eligible for coverage under IFHP (until they have left Canada).
While IFHP costs have been rising fairly quickly, the cost was almost $91 million in 2009–10; a very small portion of total Canadian healthcare spending.
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Not eligible for IFHP are:
1. Those who have “no credible basis” for a claim;
2. Those who have abandoned or have been deemed to have abandoned their claims; and
3. Those who had the means to pay for healthcare.
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IFHP has for about the last 30 years applied almost exclusively to refugee claimants and others in similar humanitarian need.
It is easier, IMO, to set out what kind of refugee/asylum claimants are NOT eligible:
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OTOH, some provinces, such as ON and QC, which had been providing coverage to refugee claimants, narrowed the eligibility for their own coverage (in the ‘90s), which meant that the healthcare costs for those individuals went from being a provincial responsibility to a federal one under IFHP.
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The purpose of the IFHP has always been to provide healthcare, particularly for “refugee-like” individuals who could not afford it. The program has evolved over time. With the advent of healthcare schemes, once someone qualifies for provincial coverage, they cease being covered under IFHP.
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In addition to CAF members, those incarcerated in federal penitentiaries and on-reserve healthcare, the federal government provides coverage for refugee claimants and others seeking asylum in Canada through the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP). The IFHP was actually started before Medicare.
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Alberta provides coverage to temporary workers and to students, but they must intend to live in Alberta for at least 12 months (longer than in Ontario’s case).
People with expired immigration documents, and people who do not have permits, are not eligible for provincial coverage.
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For example, Ontario provides coverage to temporary workers with full-time employment who will be in the province for at least six months. There is also coverage for seasonal agricultural workers, live-in caregivers and a few other categories of temporary residents.
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The wording of the Canada Health Act does suggest that temporary residents could also be eligible, provided they are legally entitled to be in Canada and are making the province their home. But provinces do not need to provide coverage to “transients” or “visitors”.
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A resident must also ordinarily be present in the province. This translates into being there a minimum of 183 days in each year.
At a minimum, coverage must be extended to all citizens and permanent residents who make their home in the province and are there at least half the time.
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To qualify for the CHT, provincial healthcare must cover every “resident” who has met a minimum 3-month residency requirement, other than CAF members and people in federal penitentiaries. A “resident” must be lawfully entitled to be or remain in Canada whose home is in the province.
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The Canada Health Act sets out the principles, including eligibility, that must be met by a healthcare program for those provinces to be assured of receiving the Canada Health Transfer (CHT) each year. The CHT will be over $57 billion in 2026–27; the kind of offer you can’t refuse.
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