An extra $317 million is allotted to the Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP) after the Parliament held an Eleventh-hour vote on a $21-billion spending invoice.
Tuesday’s vote’s final result was already thought of a foregone conclusion after NDP Chief Jagmeet Singh indicated his occasion would assist the supplementary estimates. The assist is tied to the inclusion of extra funding for the federal government’s new dental care program.
The brand new funding will add to the $13 billion already earmarked in Funds 2023 for the CDCP over the subsequent 5 years, in addition to the $4.4 billion in annual funding dedicated to cowl this system’s ongoing prices.
The Conservative occasion opposed the extra spending in its entirety, whereas the Bloc Québécois solely opposed one facet of it — $1.1 million in spending for Canada’s particular consultant on combating Islamophobia.
Final month, the Liberals requested parliamentary approval for $21.6 billion in spending. This funding is meant to assist varied applications, together with the First Nations youngster and household providers program and compensation for the Quebec authorities for providers offered to asylum seekers.
Uncertainty had surrounded whether or not the vote would proceed earlier than Tuesday’s deadline. Parliament has been stalled for months because the Conservatives demanded the Liberals launch paperwork associated to alleged misspending in a green-tech fund.
(With recordsdata from The Canadian Press)
