After the pricey 2010 party, the poor take it in the teeth
By Pete McMartin, Vancouver Sun
April 3, 2010

We now live in a province where the government is so cash-strapped that the trimming of its budget includes downgrading the frequency with which we clean the teeth of poor children. The tykes will now only be required to be tortured by their dentists once a year rather than twice, as was previously allowed. Out of the mouths of babes, presumably, will come fiscal prudence. And, possibly, teeth.

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