🟢 Juno Jump Start: Liberals restore free health benefits for fake refugees
The partial reversal comes as federal spending on refugee health care nears $900 million and could hit $1.5 billion annually.
Carney Liberals quietly restore free health benefits for fake refugees
The Carney government has quietly reversed several cuts to refugee health coverage, scrapping co-payments for services including respiratory equipment, hearing aids and hospital rehabilitation just three months after introducing them.
The rollback comes as federal spending on the Interim Federal Health Program has exploded from $210.6 million in 2020–21 to nearly $900 million in 2024–25. The program covered more than 623,000 people last year, including roughly 440,500 asylum claimants.
Meanwhile, nearly 74,000 failed refugee claimants remained in the CBSA’s removals inventory as of December 2025. The Parliamentary Budget Officer warns the health program could cost taxpayers $1.5 billion annually by 2029–30 without policy changes. Keep Reading
CBSA spent nearly $2M deporting foreign nationals by private jet
The Canada Border Services Agency spent nearly $2 million chartering private jets to deport foreign nationals, including $438,000 to fly just three people out of Canada on a Dassault Falcon 900EX.
Later that year, the CBSA spent another $130,432 on a Bombardier Global 5000 to deport just two people. Another Falcon 900EX flight cost taxpayers $368,810 to remove two foreign nationals and transfer another to a Canadian detention facility.
The CBSA says commercial flights are its primary method of transportation and private jets are reserved for “exceptional circumstances,” including medical or risk assessments and cases where airlines refuse to transport detainees. Keep Reading
Poilievre demands answers after Canadian intern arrested for NATO spying
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is demanding answers from Prime Minister Mark Carney after a Canadian intern was arrested in Belgium on espionage allegations while working inside NATO’s headquarters.
The suspect, Biwei Zhang, had previously worked for the Canadian Space Agency and Statistics Canada and was vetted by both CSIS and the RCMP before her arrest.
Poilievre questioned how foreign authorities uncovered concerns that Canadian screening failed to detect. Keep Reading
Ottawa plans new pandemic lab beside site of Chinese scientist scandal
Ottawa is spending $10.2 million to design a new pandemic research lab beside Winnipeg’s National Microbiology Laboratory, years after security failures involving scientists with ties to Chinese institutions rocked the facility. The new lab will include Level 2 and 3 containment facilities, with construction expected to begin in 2030 and completion targeted for 2033. Keep Reading
Birth tourism surges as Liberals reject bid to close citizenship loophole
Canada recorded more than 5,400 non-resident births last year, more than double the pandemic-era average. Meanwhile, Liberal and Bloc MPs defeated a Conservative bid to restrict automatic citizenship when neither parent is Canadian or a permanent resident. Keep Reading
Laurier research report spotlights creator of controversial MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+ acronym
Wilfrid Laurier University has featured professor Percy Lezard in its annual “Inspired Research” report after Lezard helped develop the expanded MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+ acronym through a federally supported working group. The lengthy acronym gained national attention this spring after NDP MP Leah Gazan used it in Parliament. Keep Reading
Military overestimated number of gay troops by fourfold
Internal Canadian Armed Forces documents used estimates suggesting up to 10 per cent of personnel could be gay, but later data found just 2.9 per cent of military members identified as LGBTQ. The declassified records show senior officials relied on inflated estimates while debating whether to end the Forces’ ban on gay recruits. Keep Reading
Tim Hortons sales stumble amid temporary foreign worker backlash
Tim Hortons’ Canadian same-store sales fell 0.1 per cent, down sharply from 3.6 per cent growth last year, as the coffee giant faces backlash over its use of temporary foreign workers. The chain recently pledged to hire 10,000 Canadians after revealing roughly 4,000 of its workers were temporary foreign workers. Keep Reading
OP-ED: Michigan Is a Warning. Canada Should Pay Attention
“Michigan’s primary should therefore not be viewed simply as another American election. It should be understood as a warning.” Keep Reading
OP-ED: Jailing doctors won’t stop forced sterilization
“The law meant to protect patients could have a chilling effect on doctors.” Keep Reading