Discussion · Oral Questions
Joël Lightbound Liberal
“The member's ideas would make life more expensive for his voters. He wants to end the dental care plan that helps almost 20,000 people in his riding afford the dentist. He also wants to cut child benefit payments that give 12,000 local families 70 million dollars a year. He should change his mind.”
“Mr. Speaker, what would be more expensive for 19,563 of his constituents is going to the dentist, because he is against the Canadian dental care plan, which helps Canadians who, all too often, have put off a visit to the dentist because they could not afford it. Do members know what would be more expensive if the member’s proposal were adopted? It would be more expensive to raise children because he would deny the Canada child benefit to more than 12,000 families. That is $70 million a year in his riding to help his constituents. He should reconsider.”
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Mr. Speaker, what would be more expensive for 19,563 of his constituents is going to the dentist, because he is against the Canadian dental care plan, which helps Canadians who, all too often, have put off a visit to the dentist because they could not afford it. Do members know what would be more expensive if the member’s proposal were adopted? It would be more expensive to raise children because he would deny the Canada child benefit to more than 12,000 families. That is $70 million a year in his riding to help his constituents. He should reconsider.