Mr. Speaker, I am happy to rise in the House today to talk about the Canadian dental care plan, which has helped over 7,000 constituents in my riding of Cape Breton—Canso. The Conservative leader says the program does not even exist, but he should tell that to the more than 750,000 Canadians and close to 69,000 Nova Scotians who have already received dental care.
Our government knows that investing in dental care means better health outcomes for Nova Scotians and Canadians. However, the Conservatives do not even know how to run public health care plans; they only know how to cut them. The Conservative leader has had dental coverage for the last 20 years or so. Is it too much to ask for Nova Scotians to have the same?