In the last 48h my 4 year old son got in a reasonably serious bike accident, hitting his face pretty hard and breaking his front teeth. Luckily, they were his baby (milk) teeth, his adult teeth were not damaged, and he didn't break his jaw.

This all being said, I happen to be in a position to afford the dental care required to rapidly resolve this issue for my son.

Sadly, many folks in #Canada don't have this privilege. How is dental care (and for that matter, optical care) not covered by #tax