MPs Debate Second Reading of Dental Care, Targeted Inflation Relief

MPs Debate Second Reading of Dental Care, Targeted Inflation Relief
A dentist at the Riley Hospital for Children Department of Pediatric Dentistry, checks the teeth of a patient on Jan. 22, 2016. The Canadian Press/Michael Conroy
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Federal Conservatives say the Liberal dental-care and rental-housing relief legislation will only add to inflation without providing relief from the rising cost of living.

MPs today are debating the government’s legislation to create an annual $650 dental benefit for low- and middle-income families for every child under the age of 12.