“Madam Speaker, I rise to follow up on a question that I posed to the Minister of Health regarding the outrageous compensation paid to Michael Green, the CEO in charge of the Liberals’ $300-million PrescribeIT debacle. PrescribeIT, of course, is the Liberal government’s program that was supposed to digitize and streamline prescriptions across Canada. It is now $300 million later, and there is almost nothing to show for it at PrescribeIT. Instead of streamlining and digitizing prescriptions, PrescribeIT accounts for only a meagre 5% of prescriptions across Canada. On top of that, fully 200 million tax dollars are missing and unaccounted for. That is 200 million tax dollars that literally went into a black hole. For all of that, the CEO, Mr. Green, was awarded compensation of $1 million a year, including, in his last year, receiving a $215,000 performance bonus. He received $1 million of compensation for no work, with nothing to show for it other than 200 million tax dollars that literally went into a black hole. All of this occurred under the watch of the current health minister and previous Liberal health ministers, who all turned a blind eye. Since this scandal became public, the Liberals have been in full cover-up mode. Despite all of the attempts to cover up all that went on at PrescribeIT, including the outrageous compensation that was awarded to Mr. Green, we have been doing some digging. The more we dig, the more we learn and the worse it gets. Court filings reveal that Mr. Green was actually awarded $600,000 in performance bonuses between 2022 and 2025 for work that was characterized as exceeding, thriving and delivering. We cannot make this stuff up. The Minister of Health pats herself on the back for terminating Mr. Green, but she only did so after this scandal came to light and she, effectively, had no choice. What the health minister failed to disclose, which we subsequently learned upon obtaining Mr. Green’s termination letter, is that he received $1 million on his way out the door, a $1-million golden parachute. How do the Liberals justify any of this?”
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Madam Speaker, Procedure · 37 wordswe, in the House, have had this question come up a number of times, and I am happy to reiterate some of the basic facts and maybe get into them in the returns.The reality is simple.ProcedureUnearned certaintyClaims · 8 wordsWhen the minister found out, the minister acted.Vague promiseReasoning · 42 wordsIt is not reasonable to expect the minister to act before she found out on its surface.It is important that tax dollars are used properly.That is a fundamental principle of any democracy.That is a fundamental principle of any government.Claims · 21 wordsWe have an independent review of the organization’s governance and structure under way in a third-party audit of the organization’s findings.1Positioning · 15 wordsThis is the start of any such process.This is what proper governance looks like.PositioningClaims · 46 wordsThe Auditor General would agree, as she found that doing a study herself would be “duplicative and therefore of limited added value for Parliamentarians and Canadians.”2There is a process under way.We follow the rules in this country.We follow due process in this country.Promise · 27 wordsI look forward to hearing the results, as I know all Canadians do, and to making sure that we can further protect the spending of Canadian dollars.Vague promise
