Mr. Speaker, I have had the privilege of serving with my hon. colleague on the health committee for some time, and as he has told the House, he was a family physician for 26 years. He would, then, know of course that unmet oral health needs and poor oral health lead to serious overall health problems like cardiac issues, diabetes complications, low birth rate in women and infections of the upper and lower jaw.
I am wondering whether the member supports his leader's statement that he would cut the NDP's Canada dental care plan, which currently provides dental care to a million people and is slated to provide dental care to nine million people, and does he, as a physician, think that removing that dental care from people who do not have dental care coverage will promote better health in Canada?