Tens of Thousands of Families Have Applied for Federal Child Dental Benefit: Gould

Gould stands during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Dec. 5, 2022. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

Social Development Minister Karina Gould says 35,000 people have applied for the new child dental benefit since the program opened a week ago.

Gould was responding to an opposition question in the House of Commons about Canadians who are struggling with the rising cost of living.