Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer won’t say whether his party will scale back or fully scrap Canada’s federal dental care program, despite new data showing nearly 650,000 Canadians have used the plan.
A national dental care program was one of the keystones of the now-ended supply-and-confidence agreement between the Liberals and NDP, inked in 2022. It involves plans to roll out coverage especially for children, seniors, and low-income Canadians, and with remaining eligible Canadians slated to gain access in 2025.
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced last week he’d formally ended the pact with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party, 10 months before it was set to expire. Absent that agreement, the possibility of a general election before the set date in October 2025 is more likely.
When asked by CTV’s Question Period host Vassy Kapelos whether the Conservatives would roll back dental care if they form government, Scheer wouldn’t …