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{
"time": "2026-03-26 15:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Gord Johns (Courtenay\u2014Alberni, NDP)",
"fr": "Gord Johns (Courtenay\u2014Alberni, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9233399\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Mr. Speaker, seniors in my riding are being told they no longer qualify for the Canadian dental care plan because they supposedly have access to private insurance, even when that so-called access is only theoretical, unaffordable or based on plans they opted out of decades ago. Some have already had treatment approved and completed and are now being told they may have to pay the money back.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9233400\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Why is the government clawing back dental care from seniors who followed the rules and simply cannot afford private dental care coverage?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9233399\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les a\u00een\u00e9s de ma circonscription se font dire qu'ils ne sont plus admissibles au R\u00e9gime canadien de soins dentaires sous pr\u00e9texte qu'ils auraient acc\u00e8s \u00e0 une assurance priv\u00e9e, m\u00eame si ce pr\u00e9tendu acc\u00e8s n'est que th\u00e9orique, inabordable ou li\u00e9 \u00e0 des r\u00e9gimes dont ils se sont retir\u00e9s il y a des d\u00e9cennies. Certains ont d\u00e9j\u00e0 obtenu l\u2019autorisation de se faire soigner et ont termin\u00e9 leur traitement, mais on leur dit maintenant qu\u2019ils pourraient devoir rembourser les frais engag\u00e9s.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9233400\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pourquoi le gouvernement retire-t-il les soins dentaires aux a\u00een\u00e9s qui ont respect\u00e9 les r\u00e8gles et qui ne peuvent tout simplement pas se permettre une assurance dentaire priv\u00e9e?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/3/26/gord-johns-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/gord-johns/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4237/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13426134",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Dental Care",
"fr": "Les soins dentaires"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/3/26/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2026%2F3%2F26%2F"
}
}