You guys realize that they were referring to cases where immigrants had been DENIED refugee status because they weren't fleeing a dangerous country. They have taken benefits away (medicine, eyeglasses, dentistry, etc) from people who were deemed NOT refugees (ie. perhaps coming from a country deemed safe, or coming to Canada for the bens after already settling in a safe country).
While I'm not a fan of Harper, this is completely reasonable to me.
If you're a genuine refugee (ie. coming from Syria) I also think it's reasonable that we help someone out with a little extra to get someone off the ground, and Canada has done and is still doing that.