Prime Minister Mark Carney rises during question period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sept. 15, 2025. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Prime Minister Mark Carney debated the impact of asylum seekers on Canada’s health care system in the House of Commons on Feb. 24, as the Tories push for the Liberals to support their motion reviewing and cutting benefits to asylum claimants.
The Conservatives tabled a motion in the House of Commons calling for a federal review of health care benefits for asylum claimants and for asylum seekers whose claims have failed to be covered only for emergency, life-saving care. The motion also calls for judges to deport non-citizen foreign nationals who commit violent crimes in Canada.
