The local diocese of the Anglican Church has gone to Federal Court in a bid to reverse the federal health-care cuts to the refugee program.
In a hearing Wednesday in Federal Court in Winnipeg, the Rupert’s Land Diocese made an application for judicial review, effectively asking the court to rule the Harper government cuts are a breach of contract with sponsoring organizations and order the government to keep them in place.
“All we want is a declaration of a breach (of contract),” lawyer David Matas told Federal Court Judge James O’Reilly during a two-hour hearing.
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In Winnipeg, the Anglican Diocese fights for refugee health care
The local diocese of the Anglican Church has gone to Federal Court in a bid to reverse the federal health-care cuts to the refugee program.
In a hearing Wednesday in Federal Court in Winnipeg, the Rupert’s Land Diocese made an application for judicial review, effectively asking the court to rule the Harper government cuts are a breach of contract with sponsoring organizations and order the government to keep them in place.
“All we want is a declaration of a breach (of contract),” lawyer David Matas told Federal Court Judge James O’Reilly during a two-hour hearing.
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