Discussion · Oral Questions
Michael Cooper Conservative
“The government spent $300 million on a prescription program that nobody used and then cancelled it. The head of the program was paid $1 million a year, plus a $215,000 bonus. I want the health minister to take responsibility for this wasted money.”
“Mr. Speaker, the Liberal’s PrescribeIT program has been a total debacle, costing taxpayers $300 million for a program that effectively no one used and that the government has since been forced to cancel. We have learned that the CEO of the program was being paid $1 million a year, including pocketing a $215,000 bonus. This happened under the health minister’s watch. Will she accept responsibility for this latest outrageous abuse of taxpayer dollars?”
Official Hansard
Mr. Speaker, the Liberal’s PrescribeIT program has been a total debacle, costing taxpayers $300 million for a program that effectively no one used and that the government has since been forced to cancel. We have learned that the CEO of the program was being paid $1 million a year, including pocketing a $215,000 bonus. This happened under the health minister’s watch. Will she accept responsibility for this latest outrageous abuse of taxpayer dollars?