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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
Here are the actual numbers broken down by age.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resourc...mporary/29.asp
There does not appear to be many 65+ claimants. But you also have to remember that many of these people have gone a life time with little or no healthcare and I would speculate that they are not nearly as healthy as Canadians. I have nothing at this time to prove that but that is what I suspect.
Here are a few other numbers that you can look at as well. The 2011/12 federal budget deficit will be between 20 to 31 billion dollars. Since Canada spends approximately 17% of it's revenue on healthcare (second largest budget item next to debt servicing costs) I think it starting cuts in certain areas here would be benificial to the survival of the overall program. |
Yeah, fair enough. I'd rather the government keep the current refugee health care program (though some new checks and balances could be examined IMO) and scrap one super expensive, shiny fighter jet that will never get used. But my priorities differ I guess.