Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We have a fee schedule that we've developed ourselves. It is based on every provincial dental association's fee guide. We work within that fee guide in terms of reimbursing restorative and preventative services. We pay a range of between 85% and 100% of the fee guide. It's someth

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It depends on the nature of the service that's being offered. We try to reflect the fees that are paid through private insurance as well as provincial programs.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's certainly something that we hear about, and we've made a lot of investments over the last few years to make sure that our fees are competitive. We work with every association to deal with those issues.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I don't have the exact number. It's something that we could provide. I would also note the composition of the expert committees the minister referenced in her speech. Many of those members are practising indigenous physicians, dentists and folks who would provide us with advice

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We can get you those figures.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thanks very much. Escort travel is certainly something that we know will continue to be a conversation that we need to have, probably through the AFN joint review, when we're able to get back to the business of the medical transportation review. At any point, we are certainly wi

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  When it comes to those types of situations—and thank you for clarifying—we do our best to provide contract dental services, whether through contract dentists or hygienists, in order to try to get their services into the community. That is the number one priority, and a lot of our

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Sure. With respect to service providers, we watch our provider enrolment numbers very carefully to make sure we're not losing providers. For example, with dentists, over the last five years we've actually had a 12% increase in the number of dentists who are actively providing se

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I would have nothing to add then.