(OTTAWA) New Democratic Party (NDP) Leader Jagmeet Singh says he expects the federal government’s new dental plan to reflect his party’s original vision for oral health care. dentistry in Canada.
Posted at 5:04 p.m.
The Liberals promised the NDP they would start rolling out a dental plan this year as part of a “support and confidence agreement” to keep the minority government in power until 2025.
Singh says the program would ultimately be a stand-alone federal dental plan that would provide coverage to anyone not already covered.
It remains to be seen what the Liberals will table in the next budget.
The NDP promoted a federal dental plan in the last election, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals did not.
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos did not immediately respond to a request to comment on Mr. Singh’s remarks.