Immigration Minister Jason Kenney thanks himself in a petition posted on his website

Petitions are often used by interest groups or members of the public to lobby the government about a specific issue.

Strangely, immigration minister Jason Kenney is using one to thank himself.

"We, the undersigned, thank Jason Kenney for his efforts to streamline benefits afforded to refugees (sic) claimants under the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) and bring them in line with the benefits received by taxpaying Canadians, including new Canadians," says the petition posted to Kenney's personal website.

"We don't think that smuggled migrants and bogus asylum claimants should be getting better health care benefits than Canadian seniors and taxpayers."

In addition to a name and postal code, the petition asks 'supporters' to provide an email address.

Kenney's office did not respond to an email from Yahoo! Canada News with regards to what they intend to do with the addresses they receive.

The streamlined benefits, referenced in the petition, include health care cuts -- already enacted -- which leaves some refugee claimants with only 'urgent care' while others are now denied all care unless they have a disease that would be a risk to the public, such as tuberculosis.

Despite criticism from the health care industry, the Harper government moved forward with the changes claiming it will save taxpayers $100 million over the next five years.

Needless to say, the petition has become a hot topic on Twitter with the #ThanksJason hashtag.

Here are some of the best Tweets so far: