Industry committee  I don't think it's a European issue. Health care, particularly dentistry, is really a worldwide industry now. Canada has a lot to offer. I was recently in Dubai. Many of the American universities are partnering with universities, basically taking our expertise and transporting i

Industry committee  I think it's an interesting time; it's an interesting debate. We have to look at the social safety net in Canada and make sure those people who are disadvantaged have access to care. It's almost like the interprovincial mobility issue. It really varies across the country. I think

Industry committee  It's a very good question, and I totally agree with my colleague here. Who we attract to the professions is really important. One of the great things about this country—I know I'm an example—was my ability to access the system...from my parents. I probably would not have been ab

Industry committee  There are so many things one could go on about, based on your question, but I want to put it in context in terms of education, because I think it's really a key issue. In dentistry, there have been no new dental schools in Canada for 30 years, and there are actually fewer denti

Industry committee  I can't give you the exact tuition, but at UBC, for example, it is $50,000 per year, and it's divided into two components. So if you're in a four to five-year program, you have, potentially, a $200,000 to $250,000 debt just for your tuition, not for living costs or whatever. So I

Industry committee  Essentially, in terms of federal government barriers, there aren't. The issue is more, for example, in plan design of a dental plan, and there are some real dichotomies there. For example, the first nations communities plan would be different from what you as members of Parliamen

Industry committee  Thank you for the question. It's very pertinent to dentistry. In the late 1990s the profession realized that Canadians wanted health care of the same standard to be delivered across this country. So it didn't matter whether you were in Nova Scotia or British Columbia, there wer

Industry committee  Good morning. Thank you for inviting me to speak to you today on behalf of Canada's 18,000 dentists. As president of the Canadian Dental Association, I hope to shed some light on the dental manpower situation in Canada, and inform your discussions of the Canadian service sector.

Finance committee  There are basically two formats you could use. One is, of course, the format of the registered education savings plan; in this case, taxable dollars go into the plan and then come out to your children later on at a reduced rate. The other one, the RRSP, is an up-front saving vers

Finance committee  That's one possibility. Protecting the interest that would be earned within the plan would be one way the government could forgo taxes on that money during the time it was within the plan. That, in a sense, would be a potential top-up.

Finance committee  Well, it's not guaranteeing the interest, but the interest would be protected while it was in the plan and would not be taxable.

Finance committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman and honourable members. Thank you for inviting me to address you today. I am the current president of the Canadian Dental Association, and I live and practise dentistry in Valleyview, Alberta. If anyone doesn't know where that is, it's in the very nor