No Cuts to Care: Rally for Refugee Healthcare

Join healthcare providers, refugees and community members to call on the federal government to reverse cuts to the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) refugee healthcare coverage.

The federal government has cut 15% of the refugee healthcare budget and is introducing unaffordable co-payments for essential healthcare, including medications, mental health counselling, physical therapy, and vision care. These cuts take effect May 1, 2026, and will immediately harm refugees, who are already struggling to meet basic needs, like food and housing.

These co-payments function as a denial of care - refugees’ health will worsen, more individuals will unnecessarily end up in already strained emergency departments and hospitals, and health care costs will rise. Financially, the co-payment plan will cost Canada more, not less.

MP Julie Dzerowicz, Chair of the Standing Committee on Immigration and Chair of the Toronto Liberal Caucus, has stated she supports these cuts. We are bringing our voices directly to her door.

Join us in standing up for refugee rights and health for all. We have no time to lose.

TAKE ACTION: Speak up to tell the government to reverse the cuts to refugee healthcare!

• Join the rally on Friday, March 27 at noon at MP Julie Dzerowicz’s constituency office– 1202 Bloor street West (Bloor & Dufferin) (Health workers: please wear your white coats, scrubs, and stethoscopes.) 
• Join the Phone zap & Webinar: Mon, Mar 30 at 7pm ET AND/OR Wed, Apr 1 at 12pm ET (co-hosted by MRN, Canadian Council for Refugees, Canadian Refugee Health Network–CRHN)
• Sign the Migrant Rights Network (MRN) Petition
• Sign the Canadian Medical Association Petition
• Sign the Canadian Pediatrics Society Petition
• Call/meet your MP: See resource document with talking points, evidence and slide deck explainer on the IFHP cuts & consequences

Follow @No.Cuts.To.Care on Instagram to stay updated about more actions and to spread the word!