Feds’ Dental Care Plan to Cost More Than $10 Billion Over 5 Years: Budget Officer

Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux waits to appear before the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance in Ottawa on Oct. 25, 2022. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press

The federal government’s national dental care plan—introduced as a condition of its supply and confidence agreement with the NDP—will cost more than $10 billion over the next five years, says Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) Yves Giroux.

The Liberal government introduced its “New Canadian Dental Care Plan” as part of the 2023 budget tabled by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland in late March.