Temporary Public Policy Regarding Excessive Demand on Health and Social Services

Policy effect

Canada established a temporary public policy under section 25.2 of the IRPA exempting certain foreign nationals applying for temporary or permanent residence from medical inadmissibility due to excessive demand under paragraph 38(1)(c) of the IRPA, effectively raising the cost threshold to three times the average Canadian per capita cost and excluding certain special education and personal support services from cost calculations.

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: Canada established a temporary public policy under section 25.2 of the IRPA exempting certain foreign nationals applying for temporary or permanent residence from medical inadmissibility due to excessive demand under paragraph 38(1)(c) of the IRPA, effectively raising the cost threshold to three times the average Canadian per capita cost and excluding certain special education and personal support services from cost calculations.

Official source excerpt

Quoted verbatim from the official source below. Ellipses indicate omitted text.

This public policy will be implemented on June 1, 2018 and ends once regulatory changes come into force.

Review method

Two separate automated exact-claim source reviews

Other Canada changes operative in 2018

• 2018-01-11Modification of citizenship revocation decision-maker under Bill C-6
• 2018-01-24Mandatory Refusal to Allow Application Withdrawal During Inadmissibility Reporting (SOR/2018-5)
• 2018-03-10Moratorium on Farm Management Applications under the Federal Self-Employed Persons Class
• 2018-03-27Clarification of End of Examination for Refugee Claimants (SOR/2018-60)
• 2018-03-27Permanent Regulatory Repeal of the Cumulative Duration Rule for Temporary Foreign Workers (SOR/2018-61)
• 2018-04-11Transition of Start-up Business Class into Permanent Regulatory Program (SOR/2018-72)
• 2018-06-05Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations
• 2018-06-26Express Entry ITA Application Submission Window Reduction
• 2018-07-31Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (SOR/2018-128)
• 2018-10-17Alignment of Inadmissibility Grounds with the Cannabis Act (SOR/2018-170)
• 2018-11-02Streamlined Administrative Enforcement of Unenforced Removal Orders Abroad (SOR/2018-232)
• 2018-11-23Work Permit Exemption for Registered Indians (SOR/2018-249)
• 2018-11-30Regulations Amending the Citizenship Regulations (SOR/2018-264)