The Liberal government is committed to its promise of delivering on a national dental care program, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Tuesday, though she noted that creating new government programs can be complicated.
Asked about concerns voiced by NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh about the government’s ability to introduce the dental program, Freeland said it was one of the government’s pledges in its last budget.
“When it comes to dental care, we made a clear commitment in the budget to provide dental care for children under 12 in families earning $90,000 or less to provide dental care to those children this year,”
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