Conservatives to trigger debate on refugee health benefits as MPs, minister mark four years of Russian aggression against Ukraine – iPolitics
February 24, 2026
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With just 13 sitting days left on the clock before the current supply cycle winds down, the Conservatives are set to use their sixth designated opposition day to trigger a day-long debate on a non-binding call for the government to “review federal benefits provided to asylum claimants in order to find savings for taxpayers,” as well as “restrict federal benefits received by rejected asylum claimants to emergency lifesaving healthcare only.” (10 a.m.)
The motion, which is set to be presented by Conservative immigration critic Michelle Rempel Garner and will go to a vote tomorrow afternoon, cites a recent report from the Parliamentary Budget Office on the projected cost of the Interim Federal Health Program, which, it notes, is “projected to rise to $1.5 billion by 2029-30.”
