Justin Trudeau’s resignation raises questions about the future of the Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP).
Proroguing Parliament until late March will have an impact. While existing spending for the CDCP will continue, the supplementary estimates tabled last fall that were waiting for parliamentary approval — about $317 million and $1.5 million respectively in new spending for Health Canada and Statistics Canada — will now be pushed to when Parliament reconvenes.
At that point, the government will face an automatic confidence vote and, if the government falls, the new spending will be lost at least for the short term as Canada moves into an election campaign.
