Dan Mazier

“Mr. Speaker, just over a month ago, the member opposite posed a nearly identical question during Adjournment Proceedings. I will respond by giving him a nearly identical answer. As the Minister of Health announced in June, our government believes that Canadians deserve transparency and openness when it comes to how taxpayer dollars are spent. That is to be expected. There were obviously concerns with whether Canadians had received value for money when it comes to Canada Health Infoway, which is why the Minister of Health announced a multiphase review that included both an independent audit and a third party review of the organization’s governance and structure. The member opposite was a member of the health committee when Liberal, Bloc and Conservative MPs unanimously called for the Auditor General to look at the organization in question. What was the Auditor General’s response? She said that the reviews announced by the minister are enough for her and that any other work by her would be duplicative and of limited value. Let us allow that work to take place and make sure that the review and the audit show what is working and what is not so that we can be sure that we have modernized health data infrastructure that works best for Canadians.”