Thank you, Mr. Chair. It's quite unfortunate that we don't even have our witnesses sitting at the table to be able to be here to respond to this. At least we're continuing on, I guess.
I come from Alberta. I have a little kid. I'm not sure if you guys are possibly aware of that. One of the questions that was raised to me by someone in my riding was about what would happen in a situation where, let's say, you have a little guy like I have who is 14 months old and has a full set of teeth. You decide that you're going to bring him for his very first dental check. I looked it up on the Alberta dental fee guide. The dental fee guide says that the charge is $77.18. Many dentists in Alberta charge well beyond the dental fee guide. Let's say they're probably sitting somewhere around $100 for a little guy to get his very first dental checkup, his first dental visit and orientation with the dentist.
If a parent who has low income went to apply for this benefit, would they be getting the full sum of $650 if there was nothing wrong and it was a very good, productive meeting? Would the parent receive a flat payment of $650 even though their out-of-pocket cost was only $100?