Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Minister, thank you for being with us today, with your entire army here to support you.
I am very interested in the fact that the Bloc Quebecois is asking questions about the dental care plan, because if it had not been for the NDP and our negotiations to make the government provide this dental care service, it would not have happened.
I am also proud of the fact that 1 million Quebecers are now registered with the dental care plan, and more than 325,000 of them already had access to a dentist or dental care paid in whole or in part by this new federal program. I am delighted by it, because it is something our party pushed for, and we are very proud to have it, unlike the Bloc Quebecois.
I want to ask you a question about the Canada Border Services Agency digital portal. Radio Canada recently informed us that the system for import duties for certain goods cost nearly half a billion dollars and, in a single month, the portal experienced 22 service interruptions, some of which lasted several hours.
This tool has been in the works since 2010. That means the federal government worked on it for 14 years. It cost $500 million that came from public funds, but it doesn’t work.