“I want taxpayers to notice this program spent a lot of money and it failed. The Liberals hoped you wouldn't notice. We need to know where that money went.”
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A debate that revealed the Liberals spent $300 million on a software program called PrescribeIT that was supposed to replace fax machines for prescriptions, but was barely used by doctors. When confronted about the wasteful spending and shady dealings with Telus Health, the Liberals basically shrugged and said they cancelled it after blowing all the money.
“I'm saying the government stopped giving money because provinces didn't use the program. I'm not giving any new information.”
“The government spent $300 million on PrescribeIT through multiple layers and maybe even paid an offshore developer. That CEO won’t say his own salary. Canadians got nothing from PrescribeIT. But somebody got rich from our $300 million.”
“I want them to use the program. They didn’t use it enough. We stopped the program.”