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Can Canada’s health-care system cope with immigration?
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October 25, 2017
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1:58Now PlayingCanada’s universal healthcare system makes it an attractive place to live, but it’s not perfect. Waitlists can be long and the system costs more each year. Can it cope with tens of thousands of new immigrants? Statistics Canada says the longer immigrants live in Canada, the higher their mortality rate. The CBC’s Vik Adhopia explains the ‘Healthy Immigrant Effect.’
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