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House Hansard - 112

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 18, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 112 - Oct/18/22
Mrs. Laila Goodridge
  • Oct/18/22 11:34:56 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-31 
Madam Speaker, again, if the member had listened to the speech that I delivered, I addressed the fact that I was not sure which program across this country was the best at delivering, but I do know that this is not a program to provide dental care. This is a payment scheme. This is not going to solve the problem long term. This is a band-aid. Frankly, I want support for the 30% of kids in this country who do not have dental care, but this is not going to solve the problem to make sure that the kids who need it the most are getting it. This is only a band-aid solution so the Liberal government can tell its costly coalition it succeeded.
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Context: House Hansard - 112 - Oct/18/22
Mr. Pat Kelly (Calgary Rocky Ridge, CPC)
  • Oct/18/22 11:35:56 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-31 
Madam Speaker, I listened to the member's speech quite carefully, and I would ask the member if she would care to expand on one of the points she made, which is the cynicism with which this bill came about. There is this coalition where one coalition partner put a gun to the other coalition partner's head and said it must give it a dental program. The government puts together this short-term payment band-aid, calls it a dental program, and the other coalition partner pretends that it is a dental program and cheers the government on for it. Would the member care to comment on the cynicism around this bill?
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Context: House Hansard - 112 - Oct/18/22
Mr. Irek Kusmierczyk
  • Oct/18/22 11:45:06 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-31 
Madam Speaker, a lot of the members here have been dancing around this issue and providing complicated questions and answers, but the issue to me is quite simple. One in four residents in my community do not have dental insurance. As a result, what we are seeing every year is an increasing severity of oral health deterioration among children. This dental health benefit will address both of those issues. I think this issue is quite simple.
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