Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much. I appreciate that. We will certainly take care of that. We don't have a document like that, because for us it's self-evident, but we'll certainly delineate the differences between the programs so that you can look at it in terms of gaining efficiencies. I t

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Certainly I think we want to be efficient. What we're looking at is taking care of some of the administrative burden to allow for access to care. Some of the stuff we're looking at will not be a big investment. We want to make sure it's efficient. We talked about administrative

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think eliminating the requirement for pre-authorizing routine dental work is a start. It's an unnecessary administrative burden. It doesn't occur with any other dental provider. Removing it would be a cost savings not only for the provider but also the dental office, and it wou

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much. I appreciated your attendance at our function, and thank you so much for the comments. Absolutely, when we take a look at the list of services that are provided, we see that it is the bare minimum. It falls outside of what we would consider good care. You're

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely. Fortunately, we have either staff or dentists who are capable and able to speak. Yes, the language issue is significant. People will come with interpreters; that does happen. It is a bit of a barrier, but it's not the most significant barrier.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  First you have to examine the person; then you'd have to pre-authorize for the work. That process is going to take four weeks. You take a look at the patient coming in with an abscess, in pain, and you send off a request to do some work. Then you sit back and wait for four weeks;

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As was indicated, I am hopeful that these individuals.... They are very talented, incredible, resourceful people. I think they are going to be on their feet by that time. If you ask me, I think they are going to be able to integrate very well. They are going to have good-paying j

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and members of the committee. My name is Dr. Randall Croutze, and I am president of the Canadian Dental Association. Here with me today is Mr. Kevin Desjardins, the director of public affairs at the association. I want to thank you for inviting t