Alberta Pulling Out of Federal Dental Plan, Smith Tells Trudeau

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks in Edmonton on April 10, 2024. The Canadian Press/Jason Franson

Ottawa is infringing on provincial jurisdiction with its federal dental plan—and Alberta wants no part of it, Premier Danielle Smith has announced in a letter to the prime minister.

Health-care planning and delivery is an area of provincial jurisdiction and the Canadian Dental Care Plan infringes on that right, Ms. Smith wrote in a June 25 letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.