Read a Youtube post about medical expense claim for income tax return. From the post host Liu Jiang's wording, when we bought that private health insurance for our visiting parents, the fees can be claimed as a medical expense.
Surprise me and I spent the time researching the CRA website for the reference:
https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/technical-information/income-tax/income-tax-folios-index/series-1-individuals/folio-1-health-medical/income-tax-folio-s1-f1-c1-medical-expense-tax-credit.html