There are too many children, seniors and people with disabilities in my riding—and I suppose it's the same in your riding—who don't go to see a dentist regularly. What happens is that they end up in a hospital emergency room with health outcomes that are a lot worse because they didn't have either insurance or the resources they needed to care for their oral needs.
That's why soon, as you'll see in the next few weeks, we'll be launching the first ever Canadian dental plan. That is going to lead to support for approximately nine million Canadians over the next two years. All of them are either middle-income or lower-income Canadians. We'll start with seniors and people with disabilities in 2024, and then all children of all ages between zero and 18 by the summer of 2024. Then, by 2025, every Canadian under the family income threshold of $90,000 will be eligible to see a hygienist or dentist and therefore end up with better oral health.