Human Resources committee  It is regional: It's provincial and it's territorial. That's the way it's.... Just to be clear, dental assistants are different from dental hygienists. Dental hygienists usually require post-secondary education—university or college—but dental assistants usually spend less time i

Human Resources committee  That's a great question. I think I'll start by saying that, depending on how the plan comes out, we feel that we're treating three-quarters of the Canadian population now fairly adequately. It's that 25% to 30% who are suffering. We feel that dentists and assistants can step up.

Human Resources committee  I am, Chair. Thank you. I'm hoping you can hear me okay.

Human Resources committee  I wish all members of the committee a good afternoon. I'm speaking to you from to you from Charlottetown, on the unceded territory of the Abegweit Mi'kmaq first nation. My wife and I have both practised dentistry in P.E.I. for over 30 years. I have been actively involved in o