Ottawa cut therapy sessions for refugees to 10 hours per year. Now some are pushing back | Unpublished
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Ottawa cut therapy sessions for refugees to 10 hours per year. Now some are pushing back

June 22, 2026

When the federal government introduced supplemental health copayments for asylum seekers and refugee claimants earlier this spring, it also quietly brought in a 10-hour yearly cap on mental health sessions for them, CBC News has learned. Mental health practitioners have been lobbying for a reversal since, with limited success.



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