Canada spent more than $722 million providing extensive health care to tens of thousands of asylum seekers in the last fiscal year, including a considerable portion on “failed refugee claimants” who are either languishing in the system or avoiding removal orders, according to a new report from the Parliamentary Budget Office. The review of the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) also found that its costs continue to climb because of “backlogs” in Canada’s asylum system that keep claimants waiting, in some cases for up to three years. The IFHP was created to provide limited and...